The PS said today that the government has not given socialists space to present their proposals for the upcoming anti-corruption package, accusing the executive of holding one-sided meetings and “insufficient dialogue.”
After meeting with the Minister of Justice in Parliament on the anti-corruption agenda, the leader of the PS parliamentary panel, Alexandra Leitão, said that there had been “no significant progress” since the last meeting on April 19, and that there was not a single issue on which input from the Socialists had been sought or suggestions.
“We are available, but so far we have not been specifically asked to contribute, to work, to submit proposals, nothing. And so we continue to wait to see what the next step in these conversations will be,” lamented the Socialist MP.
Alexandra Leitan stated that the ideas expressed by the executive branch are vague and that at the time of presenting its proposals to the CoP, the government declares that it will “enter into contact and will not engage,” which makes these negotiations “one-sided.”
The socialist admitted that she did not “come eagerly” to the meeting, given the degree of complexity of the issue and the brevity of this meeting with the Minister of Justice.
“What happened were very general outlines that would be approved by the Council of Ministers under conditions that were not yet closed within the government itself and that would later be transmitted to the Assembly, which we would already know because according to the terms of the Constitution, they must come to the Assembly,” he added.
The Minister of Justice today in the Assembly of the Republic again listens to the parties with seats in parliament about the promised anti-corruption program, which, according to her, is at the “very final stage” at the end of May.
On April 3, at the first meeting of the Council of Ministers, the government led by Luis Montenegro decided, as a first measure, to instruct the Minister of Justice, Rita Alarcão Judice, to talk to all parties with seats in Parliament, agents of the justice sector and civil society. in order to develop a package of measures to combat corruption – within 60 days.
On May 28, on the sidelines of her first parliamentary hearing, the minister told Lusa that the work was almost complete.
“We have listened to many people, many organizations, we have also received some written submissions and we are in the final stages of developing an anti-corruption program,” he said.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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