The President of the Republic announced this Friday that only on March 27 he received a decree-law from the previous executive branch abolishing the regional health departments (RHA), and sent it to the new government after his inauguration.
“The day after the inauguration, April 2, 2024, the President of the Republic sent the diploma to the new government so that it could comment on it. Therefore, no diploma on this matter is expected from the presidency of the republic,” the message says. says a note published today.
This note was published on the official website of the President of the Republic on the Internet after the Expresso newspaper reported that the head of state, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, had not signed the decree-law on the liquidation of ADR and that there was a deadlock regarding this reform.
We are talking about a decree-law of the previous PS government, approved by the Council of Ministers on March 21, which, after the creation of the Executive Directorate of the National Health Service (SNS) and the consolidation of local medical institutions, moves to disappear from the ARS.
The President of the Republic announced today, “raising the issue of the diploma of the previous government regarding the liquidation of the ADR”, that this decree-law “was only submitted to the Belém Palace for consideration by the President of the Republic.” Republic, March 27, 2024.”
Thus, this occurred only “six days after approval by the Council of Ministers, five days after the appointment of the current Prime Minister.” [Luís Montenegro] and five days before the inauguration of the Prime Minister and ministers of the XXIV Constitutional Government” formed by the PSD and SDS-NP, it is noted.
The President of the Republic also emphasizes that this decree-law was adopted “11 days after the early legislative elections” on March 10.
“It should be remembered that ARS, despite the decline in its role, continued and continues to exist in diplomas on the reform of the SNA. Either in 2022, in Decree-Law No. 52/2022 of August 4 and in Decree-Law No. 61/2022 of September 23, or in 2023 in Decree-Law No. 36/2023 of May 26 on regional coordination commissions and Development (CCDR),” added in the same note.
According to Article 233 of the Constitution, “within forty days counting from the date of receipt of any Government resolution subject to promulgation, or from the date of publication of a decision of the Constitutional Court that does not recognize the unconstitutionality of the norm contained therein, the President of the Republic is obliged to promulgate it or exercise the right of veto by notifying writing to the government the meaning of a veto.”
In this case, the 40-day period, counting from March 27, has already expired.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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