António Cotrim / Lusa
The purpose of the court is to resolve small disputes quickly and efficiently, with the sentences issued in less than six months.
The new government presented an ambitious plan for state reform, including the creation of a specialized arbitral tribunal Solve small and medium -sized disputes Between citizens, companies and the public administration. The goal is to accelerate processes related to licensing, offenses and fines, with binding decisions in less than six months.
The proposal, inserted in the government program delivered in Parliament, is part of the Strategy to Combat Bureaucracy announced by Luís Montenegro. Although the details of the operation of the new court are not yet defined, a profound revision of administrative and fiscal justice, traditionally marked by slowness and inefficiency is planned.
Under the bureaucracy plan, the Executive proposes to eliminate “prior pronunciations” considered excessive in the licensing processes and to promote subsequent inspection, with Penalizations for undifferentials without justification. Each ministry should conduct an exhaustive survey of its bureaucratic processes, with the results to be published in a new digital portal, which will also follow the compliance with administrative deadlines, reports the.
Scanning will be intensified, using artificial intelligence and the creation of the figure of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) to coordinate the coherence of technological decisions throughout the public administration.
At the level of human resources, the government proposes a global assessment of state workers, by sectors and functions, in order to anticipate needs and identify redundancies. António Leitão Amaro, minister of the presidency, assured that there will be no discharge or salary cuts, but admits the redistribution of workers.
A new integrated human resources management entity will also be created, resulting from the merger of DGAEP, INA and SSAP, with functional connection to Cresap. Career progression should go depend more on performance than from antiquity, with promise of material compensation and accelerated routes to attract qualified young people.
The reform also includes external audits and expense revisions in ministries, with the support of the Court of Auditors, IGF and OECD. The government thus resumes the idea of “spending review”, Which in previous experiences was considered ineffective or inconclusive.
