According to the information released this morning by the party, the Minister of State and Foreign Affairs, Paulo Rangel, will be in Viseu representing the Government.

The PSD will be represented by the local coordinator Pedro Alves, the president of the Viseu district, Carlos Silva, and the 'vice' of the parliamentary bench Miguel Guimarães.

For the PS, the deputy and national secretary João Paulo Rebelo, the deputy José Rui Cruz and the president of the Viseu council, Lúcia Araújo, will be present.

For Chega, the deputy João Tilly will be at the magna meeting, and for the Liberal Initiative Pedro Pereira, member of the party's executive committee and Bernardete Santos, coordinator of the Viseu Territorial Nucleus.

The confirmed presences also include the presidents of ASPP/PSP - Trade Union Association of Police Professionals, principal agent Paulo Santos, of SINAPOL - National Police Union, Ricardo Linhares Melo, and of the National Union of PSP Chief Careers, Rui Jorge Ribeiro Amaral, and of the Association of Guard Professionals, César Nogueira.

From the associations representing the Armed Forces, the president of the National Association of Sergeants (ANS), sergeant Lima Coelho, and of the Association of Soldiers (AP), corporal Paulo Amaral, will be present.

For the SNCGP, National Union of the Prison Guard Corps, the president, Carlos Sousa, will participate, among other leaders, and for the Union of Magistrates of the Public Ministry, the president, Paulo Lona.

The list also includes representatives of CAP - Confederation of Portuguese Farmers, CIP - Business Confederation of Portugal, the Confederation of Portuguese Tourism, the Confederation of Commerce and Services of Portugal, UGT, CGTP, and the presidents of the National Confederation of Solidarity Institutions, of the Union of Portuguese Misericórdias and of the Portuguese Mutualities.

According to the information released by an official source of CDS-PP, representatives of the orders of lawyers, doctors, notaries, psychologists, nutritionists, the Firefighters League, the Portuguese Red Cross, ANAFRE, SEDES and CONFAGRI - National Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives and of Crédito Agrícola in Portugal will also be present at the closing of the 31st Congress.

The closing session of the 31st CDS-PP Congress is scheduled to start at 12:30 pm, with the announcement of the results of the election of the national bodies and the inauguration. The proceedings will end with the consecration speech of Nuno Melo, who will renew his mandate as party president.

In the current Government, CDS-PP is responsible for the portfolios of National Defense -- Nuno Melo is minister and Álvaro Castello-Branco is secretary of state -- and of Internal Administration, with Telmo Correia as secretary of state.

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