The National Council of Professional Orders (CNOP) will request hearings from the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, the Ombudsman and parliamentary groups to “continue discussions on the process of reviewing the legislation” of these bodies.
“Here it was decided to request hearings from the President of the Republic, the Prime Minister, the Ombudsman and parliamentary groups to demonstrate our willingness to continue discussing the process of reviewing legislation in order to protect the public interest, which is our main concern,” said Luse António Mendonça, President of the Order economists and president of CNOP.
The Council met this Monday after approving in Parliament last Friday the final text of the revision of the statutes of professional orders, reaching today a “unanimous position” of “congratulations on the recognition” in the Assembly of the Republic that the legislative Review Process was a “squeezed process” in which “everything was done in hastily, without further discussion,” which jeopardized public interests.
In response to the approval of the law, the CNOP president had already stated on Saturday that he understood that this approval in parliament marked the “beginning of consideration”, since there was recognition from the PS at that time. and to SDP deputies that the process did not go very well.
Several professional associations, including lawyers and architects, have already publicly criticized the approved text, saying it needs to be improved, contains problems in terms of regulating the professions and even allows for judicial reactions to the adopted law.
The Order of Architects has already announced its intention to appeal to the President of the Republic with a request to stop this legislative change.
Parliament on Friday approved changes to the statutes of professional orders in a final global vote with a majority vote on the Socialist bench, changing the legal regime governing the constitution and functioning of 20 professional orders.
The SDP, which voted against the diploma, expressed outrage at the acceleration of the specialty process, saying it wanted to “renew dialogue” on issues that are not the result of European impositions.
The government has warned that the matter must be closed in Parliament by October 13 to avoid losing funds from the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR).
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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