The government accuses the SDP of sticking to Chegi in the “foam of the days” in the debate on the Orders.

This Thursday, the government accused the SDP of sticking with Chegi in the political use of the “foam of the days”, again rejecting criticism of political or party attempts to interfere in professional orders with proposed changes to its statutes.

In a thematic debate at Chega’s request on “Professional orders under attack”, which took place in the Assembly of the Republic, the Government rejected the strongest criticisms coming from the SDP and Chega benches, attempts to interfere and attacks on professional orders, insisting that elections or the appointment of external elements to new oversight bodies will always depend on the professionals registered in the orders, and not on appointment by the government.

“The PSD decided to join the foam of the days by joining Chega and left the younger generation on the sidelines,” State Secretary for Youth and Sports João Paulo Correia said, accusing the Social Democrats and deputies of doing enough to oppose “ main measures” of the executive bill, such as the mandatory payment of professional internships, which, according to the proposal, cannot be less than 950 euros.

To the intervention of the PSD of deputy Nuno Carvalho, who accused the government of wanting to treat professional orders “all the same”, covering everything in a 700 page bill, creating a law that “is a genuine invention”, still wanting to oblige professionals to pay for all new organs and posts that introduce bylaw amendments, followed by André Ventura, who accused the socialists of wanting to place members on oversight bodies through quotas for independents and “recognized merit” elements. PS card.

Even before the government’s response, PAN’s Inés de Souza Real said she favored a wider opening of orders to civil society, but said there were “red lines that cross” in terms of political interference.

“There is no place here for interference in the election and appointment of members of the orders. If there was any doubt, the Constitutional Court has eliminated this specter,” responded João Paulo Correia, who insisted that external members would, to some extent, the academic instructors of the new members of the orders were never appointed by the executive branch.

The government and the PS parliamentary group have repeatedly referred to the ruling of the Constitutional Court, which ruled out any unconstitutionality of the new framework law on professional organizations, especially with regard to alleged political interference through oversight bodies. proposals to change the statutes of orders as a result of the new framework law are subject to the law, which has already received legal force.

PS’s Joana Sa Pereira referred to the decision to “disassemble the arguments” of the opposition and criticized those who “with some haste” wanted to “opt for corporatism”.

The Liberal Initiative, which supports greater job liberalization as a driver of competition, has nonetheless criticized the government’s reform, accusing it of only doing so to “receive the financial envelopes” of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR).

Criticism of the government’s arguments that it is advancing reform in line with the requirements of community and OECD guidelines was also heard from Chega, who defended that nothing at the international level required changes proposed by the government, and that there is no country in Europe with supervisory body in the Bar Association, which emphasizes the liberal nature of the law.

On the bloc’s side, Isabelle Pires questioned the “cluttered process” of order reform, but agreed with the government on the need to remove barriers to access to the professions.

The PKP has criticized the executive branch for treating prior hearing of professional directives “as a mere formality” and in order to be able to say that they were heard, opposing any interference through oversight bodies, in favor of removing “undue barriers” for access to professions” and asked for a “fair decision” so that paid internships do not conflict with access to a profession.

For Livre, Ruy Tavares proposed a “transitional phase” to reach a solution that allows orders to meet the obligation to pay for professional internships. He also rejected the SDP and Chega’s “premise that professional orders are under attack” and expressed agreement with the idea that the leaders of orders should be subject to the same scrutiny as politicians as holders of public office.

In closing, Health Minister Margarida Tavares and MP and Judge Jorge Alves Costa said there was no political interference in the orders and called on the parties to submit proposals for changing specialties.