Cristina Rodrigues (politician)

Maria Cristina Pacheco Rodrigues (born 14 June 1985) is a Portuguese politician who was elected to the Assembly of the Republic by the Setúbal District in 2019.^[1]

Rodrigues has worked in victim support and as a pro bono lawyer for domestic violence victims.^[2] In July 2019, she was chosen as list leader for People Animals Nature in Setúbal District ahead of the elections in October.^[2] She and three other women from PAN were elected, joining party leader André Lourenço e Silva in the Assembly of the Republic.^[3]

On 25 June 2020, Rodrigues quit PAN due to objections to Silva's alleged authoritarianism, and sat as an independent. She became only the second independent at the time, along with Joacine Katar Moreira, whose membership of Livre had been rescinded. Her resignation came days after that of PAN's only Member of the European Parliament, Francisco Guerreiro.^[4] Later that year, she abstained so that the state budget would pass, saying "I will let it happen, but I won't vote in favour of it".^[5]

References[]

^ "Biografia" [Biography] (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Cristina Rodrigues encabeça lista do PAN por Setúbal" [Cristina Rodrigues heads PAN list for Setúbal]. Diario do Distrito (in Portuguese). 24 July 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
^ Freire, Manuel Carlos (7 October 2019). "PAN: partido do deputado único é agora partido do homem único" [PAN: party with just one deputy is now party with just one man]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
^ Claro, Luís (28 June 2020). "O partido que encolheu em nove dias" [The party that shrank in nine days]. Sol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 March 2021.
^ "Deputada não-inscrita Cristina Rodrigues vai abster-se. OE nas mãos do PAN" [Independent deputy Cristina Rodrigues will abstain. State budget is in the hands of PAN]. Público (in Portuguese). 26 November 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

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[1] "Biografia" [Biography] (in Portuguese). Assembly of the Republic. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

[pan-2] "Cristina Rodrigues encabeça lista do PAN por Setúbal" [Cristina Rodrigues heads PAN list for Setúbal]. Diario do Distrito (in Portuguese). 24 July 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

[3] Freire, Manuel Carlos (7 October 2019). "PAN: partido do deputado único é agora partido do homem único" [PAN: party with just one deputy is now party with just one man]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 March 2021.

[4] Claro, Luís (28 June 2020). "O partido que encolheu em nove dias" [The party that shrank in nine days]. Sol (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 March 2021.

[5] "Deputada não-inscrita Cristina Rodrigues vai abster-se. OE nas mãos do PAN" [Independent deputy Cristina Rodrigues will abstain. State budget is in the hands of PAN]. Público (in Portuguese). 26 November 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2021.

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