Controversial plans for constitutional reform in Portugal

All constitutions must be open to reform, especially those that are coloured by ideology, argues Observador:

“Every democratic constitution must ensure that voters can choose different paths for society at any time. And it is, in fact, entirely natural that over the course of years and decades what was once the best consensus on our decisions as a society may lose that status, since the future cannot be predetermined in the basic law. But it so happens that the 1976 constitution was very explicit about the model that was envisaged for a ‘just and solidarity-based’ society: it was a socialist society. … The Republic’s constitution became a bulwark for those who have always wanted to freeze Portugal in 1976.”