Chega accuses the government of putting pressure on parliament to speed up the vote on professional awards

This Friday, Chega accused the government of putting pressure on parliament to speed up the vote on changes to the statutes of professional orders and expressed hope that MPs will not be found guilty if this affects the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR).

“We are faced with a very worrying situation, which is that this sovereign body, in our opinion, is being pressured by the government to speed up work in a stunning manner, contrary to the rules and the deadlines,” he said, MP Pedro Frasan.

Deputy Chegi, who is part of the working group that is analyzing the proposal on professional orders, said that the PS proposed to approve this law before the state budget.

“Now we have to plan meetings for Monday. [dias] in which constituencies deputies are supposed to be [pelos quais são eleitos]on days of the week when plenary sessions are held, such as next Tuesday, when we have eight hearings scheduled, some of them simultaneously with the plenary session, as approved by the President of the Assembly of the Republic,” he noted.

Pedro Frasan noted that this is not “a refusal to work, Chega deputies are very ready to work,” but his party cannot “agree with such a dizzying acceleration.”

MP Chega said MPs are also being “blackmailed by the PRR”, claiming that “the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs has sent a letter to the Assembly of the Republic stating that failure to approve these bills before the state budget will mean a delay in the consideration of the state budget.” PRR.”

“This blackmail does not affect us, because if the minister is not satisfied with the timing, then the government should have sent this law earlier,” he said.

Regarding the PRR, Pedro Fraçao expressed the hope that “this is not a tactical move so that later they can say that the implementation of the PRR is delayed because the parliament did not approve the law and therefore Brussels did not decapitate the funds.” .

The MP also considered it “humanly impossible to comply with this calendar, which is proposed by the PS parliamentary group,” which points to the final global vote on October 13.

Pedro Frasan notes that the bill is 700 pages long, and only “one day is dedicated to compiling comparative tables” of the changes proposed by the party, and the other to vote on the specialty.

According to documents accessed by Lusa, an email was sent on Wednesday from the office of the Undersecretary for Parliamentary Affairs to the office of the President of the Assembly of the Republic to “share the government’s concerns about the urgency of completing the project.” legislative procedure” on official orders.

“The European Commission considers these diplomas necessary to verify the implementation of the RE-r16 PRR reform concerning the reduction of restrictions for highly regulated professions, which is part of the fourth payment request of the plan,” explains the government.

The Executive Director clarifies that in order for the third and fourth requests for payments under the PRR to be approved this year by the European Commission, they must be submitted the day after ECOFIN approves the reprogramming of the plan, that is, the next day. day October 18th.

“We therefore request the good offices of His Excellency the President of the Assembly of the Republic so that this process can be completed by the specified date,” the executive requests.

A day after this message, PS deputy Joana Sa Pereira, who coordinates the working group on professional orders, sent a proposal to the parties on a work schedule that includes a final global vote on the diploma at the plenary meeting on October 13.

The deadline for submission of proposals for amendments from various parties will be October 8, and the last meeting of the working group (for discussion and preliminary voting) is scheduled for the 10th to ratify them in the Working Committee the next day and in the plenary session. After three days.