This Thursday, the Parliamentary Committee on National Defense unanimously approved two requests from Chegi and IL for an urgent hearing with the Minister of Defense on the issue of compulsory military service as an alternative punishment for young people who have committed petty crimes.
These requests come after Nuno Melo spoke last Friday at the 13th Universidade Europa event that compulsory military service could be an alternative for young people who commit petty crimes, instead of being placed in institutions that “in most cases only function” . like a school of crime for life.”
This Thursday, speaking to journalists while visiting the agricultural fair in Ovibeje, Nuno Melo said that he lived “24 hours in a parallel reality” because of “fake news” and denied that he had proposed the recruitment of young criminals.
“I lived for 24 hours in a parallel reality where lies created news, and then within 24 hours I commented on this news, the minister was faced with something that I never proposed, the president [da República] faced with something that I have never stated, and we will continue until the moment when an explanation is finally given,” said Nuno Melo.
The government official stressed that he limited himself to giving “an answer to a student through a rhetorical question” as part of a session at the university regarding “what the Armed Forces can also do towards students or disadvantaged people.” context”.
Nuno Melo said that he was “very pleased” with the requests submitted to the Assembly of the Republic for him to provide clarifications there, in front of Parliament, which he stressed that he would do “with great pleasure.”
“I myself was a deputy and therefore with great pleasure I will be there to give explanations about all this. Not now, not now. The explanations that I will give will be to the deputies in the home of democracy,” he said. , guaranteeing that he will answer all questions asked of him by deputies “without exception.”
The Minister of National Defense also said that “much more than just justifying or commenting” on what he “never said”, “one should actually evaluate how what happened 48 hours ago can happen in a consolidated democracy.”
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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