The President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, this Wednesday declared respect for the decisions of the Constitutional Court and recalled that he voted for the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic as an MP and taught it as a university professor.
The head of state spoke to reporters at the former royal arena next to the Belém Palace in Lisbon regarding the comment of the judge-rapporteur of the decision of the Constitutional Court on medically assisted death of Maria Benedita Urbano to her request. for a preventive examination.
In her statement on the vote, Maria Benedita Urbano considered that the President of the Republic “did not add any specific motivation” in relation to some of the norms that he submitted for the preventive review of constitutionality, and commented: “If behind the request some subconscious message, some kind of hidden request, of course, it is not in the power of this Court to conduct guessing exercises.
When asked about these remarks by Judge Maria Benedita Urbano, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa began by stating that “the president respects the decisions of the Constitutional Court” and that “what the court says is sovereign and should be considered and respected.”
“In addition to being the President of the Republic, who should be very impartial in these matters, I am a professor of constitutional law, I voted for the Constitution, I taught the Constitution for a long time. what I have known for 40 years or so is that this is the correct position,” he added.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said that since taking office as head of state, he has raised a preventive check “very few times” and confirmed that he intends to do it again in connection with a parliamentary decree changing the legal regime of professional public associations.
“The court is right, it is right, it is wrong, it is wrong. The following is fundamental for me: to make it clear from the point of view of certainty and security, what is the position of the Constitutional Court,” he said. .
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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