PS chairman Carlos César expressed his willingness to reconsider and clarify the law on incompatibilities, as requested by the president of the republic, as there is no illegitimacy of the rulers who have been the target of “historical stories” .
“We also said to the President of the Republic that, if there is a reasonable consensus on this issue, we will be fully available to review the legislation in force, to contribute to greater clarity on the regulations in question and to to clean up, if at all possible, say – using the opinion of the Attorney General and the President of the Republic’s own note – any ambiguity that exists in the legal provisions constituting these incompatibilities”Carlos César assured as he left the audience in Belém.
For the PS president, “all these histrionic stories” targeting various members of the government for alleged incompatibilities “they are part of a series of statements and vocals that are no more than these intended to stand out as a counterpart to the success this agreement with the social partners represents and to the way this proposal for the state budget is received”.
“For our part, we transmit [ao Presidente da República] our assurance in an interpretation which attests to the absence of any illegality in the procedure, conduct and actions of the various members of government who have been the target of these considerations about their special situation”said.
According to Carlos César, the PS delegation that was present on Wednesday also told Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa that “the legislation in force is recent legislation, passed almost unanimously – only one party had reservations about this matter – and that the article in question did not even contain any proposals for amendments”there are, according to the socialists, “two opinions of the PGR which endorse an interpretation related to the situations indicted”.
In recent weeks, the Ministers of Health, Manuel Pizarro, of Territorial Cohesion, Ana Abrunhosa, and of Infrastructure and Housing, Pedro Nuno Santos, and other members of the executive, have been the subject of doubts about the possibility of overcoming the regime of incompatibilities. have violated .in force applicable to holders of public office.
As announced on Tuesday, the President of the Republic asked Parliament this Wednesday to review the legal regime on the incompatibilities and impediments of political office holders, if the Assembly of the Republic “deems such reflection relevant and necessary”.
“In fact, the complex legal tangle in Portuguese society has sparked great controversy, in a vital matter for citizens’ trust in institutions, resulting from a constitutional imposition, doubts expressed even by the agency’s advisory board of the Attorney General of the Republic”says a note published this Wednesday on the website of the presidency of the republic.
Source: DN
