Last Friday, the PS, by abstaining, allowed the PCP’s bill to change the regime for the exercise of functions by holders of political offices and senior public offices in general, but rejected proposals from BE, Chega and PAN.
Parliament this Friday debated and voted on proposals from BE, Chega, PCP and PAN to amend the law establishing politicians’ incompatibilities, but only the communist project was approved, which received the favorable vote of its proponents, Chega, BE, PAN and Livre, the abstention of PS and PSD and the vote against the Liberal Initiative.
The PAN saw one of its projects rejected, related to strengthening protections for whistleblowers of environmental crimes, and the other, to prevent access to procedures for awarding government grants by companies owned by political office holders, went to the Committee on Transparency and Statute of Deputies without a vote.
For the rest, most of them deserved the votes against from PS and PSD.
The PCP bill – which the PS announced during the debate would become viable, but warned of the need for work in the specialty – aims to close the so-called ‘revolving door’ between politics and business, stretching from three to five years the period of disqualification for a holder of a political executive office from exercising functions in a private limited company in an industry under his supervision and that this disqualification applies to any company in the industry and not just those cases already provided for by law.
The communists are also proposing to extend to five years the period of prohibition of the exercise of public office by the former political office holder who has been illegally hired by a private company and that companies would then be obliged to return the benefits which they received by decree of the former ruler.
Source: DN
