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Besides, the abolition of the districts is a subject that came back to be discussed in the society.

In 2009, during the campaign to the legislative election of 2009, the leader of Socialist Party, José Sócrates, promised a new referendum to the administrative regions and therefore, the abolition of districts, if he gained the election.

Other personalities, support the creation of administrative regions and therefore the abolition of districts.