This ordinance, which established that the maximum age for admission to the course for PSP agents would increase from 30 to 34 years old and to 39 years old in the case of public servants and military personnel of the Armed Forces, was considered illegal by the PSP unions as they had not been consulted. .
The Minister of Internal Administration revoked, this Tuesday, the ordinance that to the PSP agent training course two weeks after it was published in the Official Gazette.
The ordinance that revokes the new requirements for entry into the Public Security Police was published this Tuesday in the Diário da República and minister Margarida Blasco justifies the annulment because the PSP unions were not heard, as provided for in the law.
“In this context, it is now necessary to listen to the trade union associations, regarding the principles of the recruitment and selection regime, it is important to revoke the ordinance”, bringing back into force the requirements that were set out in the May 2022 diploma, says the document signed by Margarida Blasco.
The ordinance that changed the requirements for admission to the training course for Federal Police agents was published in the Official Gazette of the Union on January 2 and came into force one day later.
Admission age increases from 30 to 34 years old
This ordinance, which established that the maximum age for admission to the course for PSP agents would increase from 30 to 34 years old and to 39 years old in the case of public servants and military personnel of the Armed Forces, was considered illegal by the PSP unions as they had not been consulted. , as determined by law, in addition to criticizing some of the changes.
After it came into force, the Minister of Internal Administration consulted the PSP unions and, in meetings last week and Monday, asked the union structures to present their proposals on admission to the PSP.
In addition to age, the ordinance that has now been annulled also established the end of a minimum height for entry into the PSP, as well as a reduction in physical tests.
In the 2022 ordinance, which comes into force again, the maximum and minimum ages were also changed, increasing admission from 19 to 18 years of age (the minimum age) and from 27 to 30 (the maximum age), in addition to allowing that young people who are in the 12th year of school can enter training.
Number of candidates is decreasing
In recent years there have been fewer and fewer PSP candidates. In the 1990s there were more than 16,000 candidates and in 2012 there were more than 10,000, now less than 3,000.
Last year, the PSP held a competition to register for reservations to enter the agent training course and 2,800 young people competed.
Data sent to Lusa at the time showed that 2,865 candidates had applied for the agent course, 178 fewer than in 2023, when 3,043 applied, 640 fewer than in 2022 (3,505), 2,709 fewer than in 2021 (5,574) and less 321 than in 2020 (3,186).
