The head of state said that he opted for the promulgation “in compliance with the profound changes introduced at the socialist party’s initiative, with the support of the Social Democratic Party, which removes arrangements raised about the previous diploma.”
The President of the Republic promulgated this Friday the Decree of Parliament that amends the so-called Soil Law, approved with votes in favor of PSD and PS, considering that it dismissed objections raised by the previous version.
In one, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa announced that he decided to enact this decree “although the present diploma maintains derogation to the general regime and subjects that emerge about combating corruption lacking greater substance and development.”
The head of state added that he opted for the promulgation “meeting the profound changes introduced at the socialist party’s initiative, with the support of the Social Democratic Party, which They remove raised objections on the previous diploma“.
Parliament approved on February 28 amendments to the legal regime of territorial management instruments, through a parliamentary appreciation of the PSD/CDS-PP Government Decree of December last year. Enough, Il, Be, PCP, Free and Pan voted against.
Days before voting in Parliament, on February 25, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa questioned the effectiveness of the so -called Soil Law In a year of local elections, noting that “the diploma leaves the decision in the hands of municipalities” and that “the occasion is not easy” for the mayors to apply.
Interrogated if this advised to revoke the law, the head of state replied, “No. I am saying what a difficulty in this time, at this time, to the local elections.”
Decree-Law 117/2024 of 30 December, which changed the legal regime of Territorial Management Instruments (RJIGT), allowing the simplified reclassification of rustic land in urban, for housing construction, came into force on 29 January.
In a note published at the time of the promulgation of this Decree Law, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa considered that the legal changes made by the government constituted “a significant In the matter of generic ordering and planning regime of the territory, at national and local level “.
Still, it promulgated the decree-law “in response to the decisive intervention of the municipal assemblies and the urgency in the use of European funds and the promotion of housing construction”.
