The Supreme National Defense Council this Friday unanimously supported the government’s proposals to revise the Military Programming Law and the Military Infrastructure Law.
Such information is contained in a note published on the official website of the President of the Republic on the Internet after the meeting of this collegial advisory body held this Friday, in a regular meeting, in the format of a videoconference.
The Supreme National Defense Council, which met under the chairmanship of President Marcelo Rebelo de Souza, “unanimously approved the proposal for the Military Programming Law and the Military Infrastructure Law,” the text says.
According to the same note, at this Friday’s meeting, the Defense Council “thanked the CEMGFA (Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces) Admiral António Silva Ribeira for the invaluable contribution made to the Council many years ago, first as CEMA (Chief of the General Staff of the Navy) and then under performance of their current duties.
Both the Military Programming Law and the current Military Infrastructure Law stipulate that the relevant review is to be “carried out in 2022 and will come into force in 2023.”
In both cases, “this is at the discretion of the government through the government member responsible for the area of national defense, in agreement with the chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and with the chiefs of staff of the armed forces.” to guide the development of the proposed revision law”.
“It is the responsibility of the Supreme War Council, after consultation with the Council of Chiefs of Staff, to draft a draft revision bill” and then “the duty of the government to the Council of Ministers, after consultation with the Supreme Council for National Defense, to approve the draft of the proposed revision law.”
The approval of bills is within the competence of the Assembly of the Republic.
The presentation of a proposal to revise the Military Programming Act must contain, by law, “lists of opportunities and projects with proper description and justification, as well as the corresponding detailed planning.”
“Including in each quality the appropriations relating to the life cycle of the commodity to be acquired, if any” and “in the submission of projects, projections of increases or decreases in annual normal operation appropriations are indicated,” according to the law.
With regard to the Defense Infrastructure Law, along with the proposed revision law, the government is to submit to Parliament a “funding plan for the measures”.
The “project or activity presentation” should include “forecasts of increases or decreases in the annual allocation for normal operations as a result of the implementation of the measures and the impact on the respective budgets”.
In accordance with the provisions of the Constitution, the Supreme Council of National Defense is a special collegiate body chaired by the President of the Republic for consultations on matters relating to national defense and the organization, functioning and discipline of the armed forces.
This body includes the prime minister, the ministers of state and national defense, foreign affairs, internal affairs, finance, as well as persons responsible for the fields of industry, energy, transport and communications, the chief of staff of the armed forces and the leaders of the Navy, army and aviation.
The Supreme Council of National Defense also includes representatives of the Republic and the chairmen of the governments of the autonomous regions of the Azores and Madeira, the chairman of the National Defense Commission of the Assembly of the Republic and two other deputies elected to this body by a two-thirds majority.
Today’s meeting was the 30th, convened by the President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Souza.
The previous one took place on December 23 last year, and then the Supreme Council of National Defense “unanimously approved the proposal to deploy the national forces for 2023.”
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