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The President of arrives, André Ventura
Nova CPI “should find out to the full extent, without limitations of people or positions, who was responsible for the disorganized entry of people in Portugal, many of them registered, without any verification,” said Ventura.
The President of the arrival announced this Friday that it will propose potestively a Parliamentary Inquiry Commission On the action of the latest PS and PSD/CDS governments in the attribution of nationality and residence to foreign citizens.
Speaking to journalists, André Ventura also revealed that he will appeal the decision taken by the President of the Assembly of the Republic, José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, to refuse the admissibility of a arrival bill on changes to the law of nationality for doubt about its compliance with the Constitution.
André Ventura even accused José Pedro Aguiar-Branco of The Political Action of the arrival, “recovering a practice of the time” of the former President of the Assembly of the Republic Ferro Rodrigues, and claimed that the arrival defends in this matter the same as the Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro: “Who commits serious crimes, after obtaining Portuguese nationality, loses Portuguese nationality ”.
“With all due respect, it is not the President of the Assembly of the Republic that it is up to whether a project is constitutional or unconstitutional. For this we have a constitutional court,” said the president of arrival.
Regarding the initiative of constitution of a parliamentary committee of inquiry into how nationality and residence to foreign citizens have been granted in Portugal, André Ventura justified the decision to advance potestatively – that is, without having to subject it to approval in plenary – by anticipating the opposition of the PSD and PS.
“I will propose to the Parliamentary Group of arrival to immediately start the steps for a parliamentary commission of potestative inquiry into the assignment of residence and nationality in recent years. must determine the responsibility of the last socialist executive in this matter and also the last government [PSD/CDS]”, Said: “It should find out to the full extent, without limitations of people or positions, who was responsible for the disorganized entry of people in Portugal, many of them with registration, without any verification.”
“It is necessary to determine whether or not there may be criminal responsibility that should be sent to the Public Prosecution Service. We hope, therefore, that in the coming days Parliament can start this Inquiry Commission,” he said.
From a political point of view, from the perspective of André Ventura, PS and PSD oppose this inquiry committee “because they know they have responsibilities in this matter”.
“And today the country knows, in many of the land, that what has been done in Portugal in recent years has been criminal. It is now necessary to investigate responsibilities,” he added.
