On 2 December, at 12.30 pm, Professor Maria Lúcia da Conceição Abrantes Amaral took up her post as Ombudsman for a second mandate, in a ceremony presided over by the President of the Assembly of the Republic.

Under the terms of the provisions established in no. 3 of article 23 of the Constitution, on 19 November, the Assembly of the Republic elected Maria Lúcia Amaral for a new mandate as Ombudsman, with 176 votes in favour, 30 white votes and 2 null votes, from a total of 208 voters.