Prime Minister Luís Montenegro said the government will not give up on the new law of foreigners, even if the Constitutional Court will require corrections. The proposal will be discussed in Parliament in September and, according to the Chief Executive, the goal is to find solutions that are in accordance with the Constitution.
The Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro, assured tonight that he will not give up on the Foreigners Law, which will be discussed in Parliament in September, saying that only after the Constitutional Court (TC) will pronounce that there will be a correction of its wording.
Luís Montenegro has promised that “if by chance, the TC understands that there is some norm or solution of some norm is not completely in accordance with the interpretation of constitutional principles”, the majority that represents will “To comply with this decision and find a legal solution that can respect the pronunciation of the TC.”
“But that can also fulfill the goal. That is, there is one thing that is very clear: we will not give up our goal, even if there is any correction of the wording of the law by virtue of the pronouncement of the TC,” he stressed.
To journalists, on the sidelines of the inauguration of the 633rd edition of the São Mateus Fair in Viseu, the Prime Minister recalled that Foreign Law “has not even been discussed” in Parliamentand predicts that this happens at the beginning of the work in September.
“We are waiting for the pronunciation of the TC that will be very soon”the Prime Minister said, showing the “conviction that the solutions that were found in Parliament are according to the provisions of the Constitution”, Although I recognize that even the judges “often do not agree”, but will “wait serenely”.
“If, as is our expectation, there is no non -compliance, our expectation is to follow the route and therefore we will have a new law that brings regulation and dignity to immigrants who seek in Portugal an opportunity for work and appreciation, and we need them,” he said.
Questioned about the TAP privatization process who led the President of the Republic to raise some questions to the Executive, Luís Montenegro, without referring to the questions raised by the Head of State, said that the government answered, which led to
“We will move on to the subsequent phase that is approving the book of charges, which will be the determining element so that we can launch the procedure that we aim to receive proposals” which aim, continued, “and it is good to reiterate it, to give our airline the future and sustainability to an operation that is of the strategic interest of Portugal. And that is what we are doing with all naturalness.”
– With Lusa
