Justice Minister Rita Judice will begin listening to parties with seats in parliament this Friday on anti-corruption issues.
A source in the Ministry of Justice said that the meetings will take place in parliament and will begin at 14:30 with the SDP parliamentary group, then the PS at 15:30 and Chega at 16:30.
Meetings were scheduled for Monday 22nd with the Liberal Initiative (09:00), Bloc de Esquerda (10:00), PCP (11:00), Livre (12:00), CDS (14:30) and PAN. (15:30).
Prime Minister Luis Montenegro already said last week that the government would contact parliamentary groups to schedule meetings to start an anti-corruption dialogue, after he announced when he took office that within two months he would have an “ambitious agenda.” ” in this area.
The government’s unveiled program proposes extending anti-corruption rules to political parties and criminalizing illicit enrichment, advocating an “ambitious, rapid and ideally coherent program” to combat corruption.
The document also includes regulation of “lobbying”, strengthening of human and technical resources to combat corruption and other crimes in office, strengthening of the sanctions of the General Regime for the Prevention of Corruption and additional punishment of prohibition from performing public functions and expansion of premium legislative measures to increase the contribution to the establishment truth in legal proceedings.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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