Between the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), the airport and the new high-speed line between Lisbon and Porto, the government approved several diplomas during the last Council of Ministers, with the government at full capacity. In total there were 35 diplomas that the College concluded. This was just a few hours before the President of the Republic confirmed what he had already announced: formally dismissing the socialist executive, which will be in power from Friday. Limited by the constitution to “strictly necessary acts”.
At the press conference after the meeting, both the Minister of the Presidency (Mariana Vieira da Silva) and the Secretary of State for Infrastructure (Frederico Francisco) guaranteed that with the government in management, whoever comes next will have “everything prepared”. And the biggest example, according to the Secretary of State, is the Independent Technical Commission (CTI) report for the construction of the new airport, which even predicted how long it will take (seven to nine years) before a new airport is built. airport. Since the current government does not have the capacity to choose and start this alternative, it signed diplomas that oblige ANA Aeroportos to carry out works that will allow to solve the “strong operational constraints” that exist in Portela. In addition to the interventions in Terminal 1, the dismantling of the Figo Maduro military base is also progressing, freeing up space on the airport grounds. Frederico Francisco guaranteed that “the government will not force ANA to do anything it was not already obliged to do”because the regulator (ANAC) had already identified these problems at Lisbon airport.
Diplomas related to the high-speed line between Porto and Lisbon were also approved, considered “the most important public investment in at least the first half of the 21st century in Portugal”. What the government established on Thursday were “preventive measures”, finding that in the high-speed corridor – Porto, Soure (Coimbra) and Carregado (Lisbon) – “all urban construction activities, tree felling, land use changes or land movements without prior authorization from Infrastructures of Portugal”. The aim is “not to make the operation of the line more expensive”. This represents “a very important step in the completion of this project”, which is considered “consensual”. And now that January is just around the corner – the month for applying for European funds -, Frederico Francisco emphasized that “the greater the maturity of the project, the greater the chance” that the application will be successful.
In addition, Mariana Vieira da Silva listened to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and in turn revealed that the government has also appointed the heads of the communications regulators (Anacom) and civil aviation regulators (ANAC), appointing Sandra Maximiano and Ana Vieira da Silva respectively. Silva has chosen. Mata.
When asked about the fact that the PS had not made it possible to hear the former Minister of Health, Marta Temido, and the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, António Lacerda Sales (and what motivated the Liberal Initiative to resort to potestative right to hear the former Minister of Health) rulers), Mariana Vieira da Silva declined to comment. “I will not comment. The government provided the information it had through the Prime Minister’s office. An investigation is underway. We have nothing more to add.”he just said.
Management approvals
Despite being in charge, the government can approve diplomas. Here are some examples:
Construction of the Freeport Mall
(António Guterres, 2002)
Troika Memorandum
(José Socrates, 2011)
Privatization of TAP
(Pedro Passos Coelho, 2015)
Source: DN
