The police union platform this Sunday considered that the government had shown “hasty and some thoughtlessness” in classifying as insubordinate agents who granted sick leave and failed to ensure control of a football match.
In a conversation with Lusa, the representative of the trade union platform and the president of the National Police Union, Bruno Pereira, called “the minister’s statements a paradox.” [da Administração Interna]”This Sunday at a press conference.
The union leader said it was hasty and disrespectful of the rule of law when he said he would open an inquiry to investigate the facts “with the presumption that there is responsibility and there is culpability on the part of the police,” the union leader said. especially regarding medical leave.”
Bruno Pereira accused Minister José Luis Carneiro of “repression” against the police, something the government did not demonstrate when doctors “refused to take emergency measures that went beyond what was reasonable.”
“I urge at least some caution in moderation of words so that we do not inflame sentiments further, given that they are already quite tense and the police are already at maximum levels of intolerance. (…) Let’s Also take our time, since classifying them as disobedient can be done with some levity. It doesn’t look good, it’s not nice and it’s not respectful in any way,” the union leader told Luse.
In a statement, the platform sharply criticized the statements of José Luis Carneiro, from whom the police said they received “clear signs of a threat” this Sunday, accusing the government of “blatant irresponsibility” throughout this process: “Today there is more than political incapacity, unpreparedness and “First of all, the exhaustion of legitimacy and recognition as a trustee of one of the most important portfolios of the government never becomes noticeable.”
The Minister of the Interior said this Sunday that he will report to the prosecutor’s office any new signs of incitement to disobedience, its practice and possible links with extremist movements carried out by the police forces.
José Luis Carneiro spoke to reporters after a meeting that lasted more than four hours with the general commander of the GNA and the national director of the PSP after the postponement of the Famalican-Sporting game on Saturday due to security conditions caused by the absence of police.
According to José Luis Carneiro, the right to demonstrate is legal and has been lawfully exercised, but it should not be confused with indiscipline and acts of insubordination that jeopardize the rule of law.
Bruno Pereira stressed that he does not see any extremism on the part of the police in Saturday’s incidents in Famalicana, but admits that the government may have reasons to investigate the existence of these movements within the police protests, but says that it is an executive branch. , with a refusal to give in to the demands of the security forces, namely a mission allowance equivalent to the judicial police, which “pours gasoline” on the growth of inorganic movements.
“There is a matter of urgency that prevails and demands that the problem created by this government be addressed, no matter how much they claim it is a political-legislative impossibility. This is not true, the issue of urgency may well be resolved. are being carried out here under the fear that we are essentially pouring gasoline on the possibility that inorganic movements could spread, go viral and infect what was an extremely sober protest carried out with great sublimity,” he said.
Regarding Saturday’s statements by the President of the National Police Union (SINAPOL), Armando Pereira, who in an interview with SIC Notícias acknowledged possible consequences for the holding of the next legislative elections, Bruno Pereira said that he should not “defend the honor” of the trade unionist, saying that he did not sees no threat in the statements, but rather a warning, already repeated in a letter sent to Prime Minister António Costa with the knowledge of José Luis Carneiro, and which draws attention to the growing discontent that could affect some of the responsibilities of the police, such as the conduct of national examinations in schools , border control or monitoring of important events.
“While there may not be anyone monitoring a mailbox 24 hours a day, what is certain is that we are calling for some ‘restraint’ as the police have been in constant protest for four weeks now, conducted with greater elegance, sobriety and the Government’s response is to “that it does not accept the problem it has created, does not want to look for a solution and does not want to take a position that, together with a future government, can guarantee that this situation will be corrected,” he said. said.
In its statement, the platform believes that “the PSP’s attacks on the trade union movement in the PSP, which seeks to limit freedom of expression, are unacceptable.”
At a press conference this Sunday, the Minister of Internal Administration stated that the statements of the President of SINAPOL will be conveyed to the General Inspectorate of Internal Administration (IGAI), and confirmed that the administering government is not in a position to shoulder the permanent financial burden.
The PSP and GNR elements require a supplement identical to that allocated to the Judicial Police, since for more than three weeks they protested against the initiative of the PSP agent before the Assembly of the Republic in Lisbon, which later spread to the entire country.
The platform, which brings together trade unions and security force associations, has written to the Prime Minister about the “extreme situation” of the professionals they represent, warning of possible “extreme positions” in the face of the government’s “lack of response.”
On Friday, the PSP said police officers from various commands around the country were attempting to surrender their service weapons in protest and said there was a “higher than usual rate of medical injuries” among officers.
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Source: CM Jornal
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