This Saturday, the President of the Republic published a diploma on the Citizenship Law after the Constitutional Court (CC) considered it constitutional to change the rules for granting citizenship to Sephardic Jews.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has submitted to the Constitutional Court a parliamentary resolution that changes the rules for granting citizenship to the descendants of Sephardic Jews, believing it could worsen the situation of hostages in the Gaza Strip who have pending requests for Portuguese citizenship.
On the 20th of this month, the TC, by a majority vote, decided to consider the rules constituting the transitional regime constitutional, “with the understanding, in essence, that they do not violate the legitimate expectations of applicants for citizenship and do not directly endanger the lives of their recipients or the dignity of the human person,” – the resolution says.
The Tax Code understood that the change in question “does not entail any restriction of rights, freedoms and guarantees and does not violate the principle of protecting trust (…)” in accordance with the principle of the rule of law.
In a note published on the official website of the President of the Republic on the Internet, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa stated that “the change in the nationality law, which has consequences applicable to ongoing processes, could worsen the situation of the Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip.” who have pending requests for Portuguese citizenship.”
The changes to the citizenship law were approved by the Assembly of the Republic in a final global vote on January 5, with a majority of deputies from PS, IL, BE, PAN and Livre voting in favor, with abstentions from PSD and three deputies from PS, and no votes from Chegi and PKP.
As for the granting of citizenship by naturalization, it is established in Article 6, which is now “subject to final approval by an evaluation commission appointed by the member of the government responsible for the justice sector,” with the participation of representatives of the competent services. , researchers or teachers and representatives of Jewish communities.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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