The health minister said this Friday that he has an obligation to stay out of the competition for a new health director-general at this stage, but said he hoped to get the list of nominated names as soon as possible.
“It is my duty not to interfere with this competition until the Commission on Civil Service Recruitment and Selection (CReSAP) sends me – I hope this is possible as soon as possible – a list of three people whom she considers finalists for the competition,” said Manuel Pizarro in Oeiras.
Answering journalists’ questions, the official assured that he had “no official information” about the number of candidates to replace Dr. Graça Freitas in the tender, which began on June 5 and ended in 15 days, and is now in the selection process. phase evaluation.
“My intervention phase will come when I make a choice about the names that will be offered to me by CReSAP,” added Manuel Pizarro, while confirming that the Directorate General of Health (DGS) is “working at full capacity.”
“The director general does not resign and is in office,” the minister said.
In accordance with the rules of CReSAP, after the completion of the selection process, the jury prepares a proposal for the appointment, indicating three candidates, indicating the reasons for choosing each of them, and submits it to the member of the government in charge of the service, who, from that moment, has a maximum period of 45 days to make a choice.
On the opening day of the competition, Public Health Physician André Peralta Santos was named Deputy Director General of Health on an interim basis.
The opening of the competition came just days after the resignation of Deputy Director General of Health Rui Portugal, who replaced the Director General of Health during the holidays, and six months after Graça Freitas publicly announced her intention to leave the office.
The process of replacing Graça Freitas dragged on, and despite the fact that the responsible person publicly announced in December his intention to leave the leadership of the SRS, only at the beginning of May the Ministry of Health sent a request to CReSAP to open a competition.
In March, Graça Freitas said the decision to step down was personal.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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