MIGUEL PEREIRA DA SILVA / LUSA
Prime Minister Luís Montenegro
The executive led by Luís Montenegro promised that, from under power to power, would present, within six months, a “conflict prevention plan”. Almost a year later, the so promised plan has not yet seemed (and no longer goes “in time” from Hernani Dias).
The previous government led by António Costa fell on November 7, 2023.
This was this case of alleged practice of corruption, influence trafficking and prevarication, which paved the way to the Democratic Alliance (AD) and Luís Montenegro who promised, from the outset, “change”.
A and the “end of conflicts of interest” were from the main flags of social democrats, during the campaign that preceded the legislative elections of March 10, 2024.
Two weeks after taking office, the new government was a quick to approve a code of conduct applicable to all members of the Executive and respective offices, as well as all the upper leaders of public administration and managers of public companies and institutes.
AD, which promised such a “change”, included in the program the guarantee of promoting ethics and responsibility and – as cites – clear rules to impose “High patterns of conduct to the holders of political positions”.
On April 19, the weekly recalls, the new government approved under the Council of Ministers the resolution that established the Code of Conduct.
However, Failed the deadline to prepare a prevention plan in 180 days to “reduce the risk of conflicts of interest”, provided for in article 11 of this diploma.
Ten months later, the mechanism continues to create
After all, ten months later, the “prevention plan” that should be ready in mid -year continues to create. However, the executive has seen his first ruler fall, nothing less for.
The Secretary of State for Local Administration and Territory Planning, Hernani Dias fellafter having a controversy due to the creation of two companies in the real estate business, after taking office in the government.
Even if the situation may not be illegal, he raises doubts about “conflicts of interest”, as Hernani Dias tugged a portfolio in which he will have taken decisions that influenced the business of companies.
It was RTP’s investigation program, which raised the first suspicions that Hernani Dias could benefit from the changes to the Soil Law Approved, however, by the Ministry of Territorial Cohesion, of which the Secretary of State himself was a part.
Still, in the dismissal letter, the former mayor of Bragança rejected any conflict of interest. Hernani Dias justified the dismissal with the intention of protect government stability and your familyunderlining being of “absolutely quiet consciousness.”
As for the “Conflict Prevention Plan”: the executive’s official source said to Expresso that the project It is still “in the final phase of approval within the government. ”
Ora, The promised plan is no longer in time by Hernâni Diaswhich, as the weekly cites, falls within the code of conduct that specifies:
“It is considered that there is a conflict of interest when members of the government, or members of the offices, are in a situation by which it can be reasonablely doubtful of the impartiality of their conduct or decision, pursuant to articles 69 and 73 of the Administrative Procedure Code ”.
