LISBON Portugal’s president said on Tuesday he had asked Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho to begin consultations on forming a government that can ensure political stability in the euro zone nation.
Passos Coelho’s center-right coalition won the most votes in Sunday’s national election but fell far short of a majority, in parliament, meaning it will have to rely on support from other parties to pass laws.
President Anibal Cavaco Silva said in a televised address to the nation he had asked Passos Coelho “to start consultations with the aim of forming a government that secures political stability”.
(Reporting By Axel Bugge– Editing by Gareth Jones)
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