The government is violating the law of conflict of interest

The government did not comply with the obligation to publish the registration of interests, and is therefore violating the law. The Prime Minister gave Spinumviva, but declared her to the Constitutional Court when he was elected Prime Minister.

About a year ago, we were in the final stretch of the campaign for legislative elections of March 10, 2024. LUÍS MONTENEGRO VATICINE “CHANGE”.

The anti -corruption agenda and the “end of conflicts of interest” were from the main flags of the Democratic Alliance (AD).

The executive led by Luís Montenegro promised that, as long as he was under power, he would present, within six months, a “conflict prevention plan”. .

In addition, the Government also did not publish the statements of interest of its members – which corresponds to a violation of the law.

The law that regulates the exercise of duties by holders of political positions and high public office stipulates, in its 15th article, that the statements must be public and are accessible onlineboth on the government website and in the Assembly of the Republic. This does not happen.

The complaint was made this Friday by (DN), which questioned the government about why it did not fulfill the legal obligation to public interest. But the executive did not clarify.

As the morning states, this question is now more prominent, at a time when the Prime Minister is being scrutinated by the controversy about his family business-spinumviva-and the early election scenario is the most likely.

Also this Friday, it advanced that Montenegro was “forced” by the Constitutional Court (TC) Declareing Spinumvivaafter being elected Prime Minister.

This is because in 2023, when he gave the quota to his wife and children, Montenegro did not register the company in the declaration and the TC didn’t realize where some income came from.

The field intended for “shares, shares, participation or other social parts of the capital of civil or commercial companies” was empty. As a weekly note, Montenegro had not included the company on the heritage list when he was already president of the PSD.

Prime Minister’s office justified, in response to the Express The regime for the position of president of the PSD is “different from the regime provided for by the law for the declaration of prime minister not applicable to fill in the registration of interests ”.

“Later, as PM, he declared in the record of interest the functions he performed at SP&M and Spinumviva, until 6/30/2022 and also the ownership of the spouse of the Spinumviva quota pursuant to the wedding goods regime (although exclusively titled by the spouse),” he added.

That is, when the Prime Minister arrived, Montenegro had to assume that the company’s belonging could represent a potential conflict of interest.

Is what determines the regime of exercise of functions by holders of political positions-which, it is recalled, is violated. Even if the government is in compliance with the law, citizens have no way of knowing that.