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The President of the Republic admitted, this Thursday, taking the initiative himself to propose the preventive inspection of the constitutionality of the law that aims to force the use of the StayAway Covid application before the Constitutional Court.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa recalls that Parliament will have to comment on the Government’s bill and guaranteed, in a statement in Lisbon, that if the question of the constitutionality of the obligation to use the StayAway Covid application is raised in the debate in the Assembly . of the Republic – as several parties are already doing – will take this initiative himself.
“Parliament has the knife and cheese in hand“Said the President of the Republic, guaranteeing that if doubts persist about the constitutionality of the law after the parliamentary debate,” there will be no problem in raising the issue for the Constitutional Court to clarify. “
“I prefer a thousand times to ask the Constitutional Court to clarify, than to let go of the discussion”, He said, recalling that the PS itself, the party that supports the Government, has already admitted having doubts and wanting to listen to experts in Parliament.
The journalists insisted on whether the president, himself a constitutionalist, has doubts about the government’s bill, and Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa declined to comment on the legislative process. But he ended up admitting that there should be no such doubts.
“Do not add difficulties”
“We have a process that no one knows how long it will take. We have difficulties that are inevitable, we will not add difficulties that are avoidable“, He said.
Regarding the mandatory use of a mask on public roads, the President of the Republic responded with his own example, recalling that “he has been wearing a mask for many months” in closed and public spaces.
The head of state admitted that the two government proposals are “very sensitive matters” and said that he respects the debate that will take place in Parliament. “It is very simple: the Assembly of the Republic is free to approve or not approve,” he said, appealing to the Portuguese to act “with serenity.” “Neither overdramatize nor dedramatize,” he said.
He was asked if the Government could be asked to tighten restrictions for the new yearTaking into account the alert that the president himself made for family Christmas celebrations, Marcelo did not want to comment specifically on the matter. But he reaffirmed the families need to “minimize risks” and be careful to keep your distance at family gatherings, appealing to “spread out” groups.
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