Chega’s constitutional revision project depends only on Ferro. Ventura promises war if proposal is rejected

The decision on whether Chega’s constitutional revision project should be up for discussion is in the hands of Ferro Rodrigues. The president of the Assembly of the Republic requested an opinion on the proposal presented by André Ventura, but the Constitutional Affairs Commission argues that it does not have competence to comment on constitutional revisions. The opinion, prepared by the socialist deputy Isabel Moreira, affirms that “there is no regulatory provision that allows the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees to preventively evaluate the constitutionality of a constitutional review project, which makes sense in the light of the constitutional regime of constitutional review. Is that the Constitutional Review Law is mandatory, so it is not subject to preventive inspection.

The PS deputy considers, in the opinion to which he had access, that the Constitutional Affairs Commission “is competent to issue opinions on the constitutionality of legislative initiatives, but not on constitutional revision projects.” Isabel Moreira warns, however, that the bill “contains norms that flagrantly violate the limits of material review, to the extent that, if approved, they would disqualify the principle of dignity and human rights, freedoms and guarantees, without which the Constitution would cease to apply. be yourself.

Ventura threatens to turn to CT André Ventura has already requested a meeting with Ferro Rodrigues and guarantees that if the project is not accepted, he “will take the matter to the Constitutional Court”, since he understands that the President of the Assembly of the Republic “has no competence to prohibit” a review constitutional. “We will also do a kind of vote of no confidence in which we will propose to the Plenary the dismissal of the President of the Assembly of the Republic. This is too serious, ”the Chega deputy guarantees.

The constitutional revision project provides for the physical castration of pedophiles, life imprisonment for serious crimes and defines that the positions of prime minister and minister can only “be held by people with original Portuguese nationality.” Ventura also wants to impose compulsory labor in prisons.