The leader of Chegi addressed this Wednesday to the President of the Republic with an appeal “for God’s sake not to miss” the government’s proposal to remove the National Office of Interpol and the National Unit of Europol from the jurisdiction of the Judicial Police.
“For God’s sake, don’t let this pass, it will have repercussions for all of us and above all for justice,” said André Ventura while visiting the Corroyos fair in the municipality of Seixal, Setúbal district.
It is enough, said the chairman of the party, to write on Thursday to the president of the republic “so that he does not leave this law, even if it is adopted in parliament, without an answer, which means either a political veto or an appeal to the Constitutional Court.”
Andre Ventura believes that this bill is an attempt to politicize justice and “put all information in the hands of the government.”
The law, according to the party leader, violates the separation of powers, kills the independence of the judiciary and could jeopardize dozens of investigations against government officials.
Andre Ventura believes that this bill, introduced in Parliament, is an attempt to politicize justice and “keep all information in the hands of the government”, which violates the separation of powers, kills the independence of the judiciary and could jeopardize dozens of investigations. civil servants.
“Judges, prosecutors, inspectors of the judicial police are widely and strongly concerned about the situation, which calls into question the separation of powers. This means that if any police ask for information about the bank accounts and assets of any ruler abroad, the Government is immediately informed. This is not normal, this is a violation of the separation of powers,” he said.
President Chegi ensured that the proposal, which the majority of the PS would want to approve, would be strongly opposed by him.
Europol at the European level and Interpol at the global level are structures that provide information of a criminal nature to various police forces in the framework of cooperation aimed at combating various types of crime, including drug trafficking, bank fraud, money laundering. and arms trafficking.
According to Público, the government intends to transfer the national offices of Interpol and Europol to the Single Point of Contact for International Cooperation (PUC-CPI), an entity controlled by the Secretary General of the Internal Security System (SSI). .
The intention of the government, the newspaper notes, is contained in a bill submitted by the government to the Assembly of the Republic, and involves the revision of the Law on the Organization of Criminal Investigation, as well as amendments to the Law on Internal Security.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
