The Decree of the Parliament, changing the legal regime for the entry, stay, exit and expulsion of foreigners from the territory of the country, has already been published in the Diário da Assembleia da República and should be made public in the coming days.
The attention of the President of the Republic will also be drawn to the diplomas concerning the law on electronic communications (the Economic Commission met today to correct the final wording) and the transfer of the community directive amending the rules of the Competition Authority (published in the Diário da Assembleia). da Republica on Tuesday).
As for government diplomas, Belen is waiting for a decree-law on budget execution, the final version of which was approved at a meeting of the Council of Ministers on Thursday.
On 21 July, at the last plenary meeting before the holidays, the Assembly of the Republic approved the new legal regime for foreigners in Portugal in a final global vote, with votes for PS, PCP, BE and Livre, with PSD, IL and PAN abstaining, in a vote without MPs Chega, who left the chamber during the discussion of the proposal, after a tense skirmish with the chairman of the parliament.
A week later, in statements to journalists, the president of the republic promised the “immediate enactment” of this charter, based on a government bill.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa estimated that the diploma could be delivered to the Belém Palace this week and indicated that he would “definitely” make it public “before mid-August”, arriving “shortly thereafter”.
“It will be made public immediately. I have no doubt that there were no votes against in Parliament, and the overwhelming majority voted in favor, this represents a national consensus,” he promised and considered that “there is no point in dramatizing the issue of migration.”
According to the website of the Parliament, this initiative has already been published in the Diário da Assembleia da República, but has not yet been made public, which should happen in the coming days.
The proposal of the Government to change the legal regime for the entry, stay, exit and expulsion of foreigners from the national territory, among other things, stipulates that the granting of residence and temporary stay visas to citizens of the state in which they are located The Agreement on the Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP) does not depend on the preliminary conclusion SEF, “without prejudice to the issuance of visas communicated to the SEF for the purpose of exercising its powers in matters of internal security.”
The change the executive is talking about is the result of a mobility agreement signed by all CPLP member states at the organization’s last summit of heads of state last July in Luanda.
With this diploma, the government also intends to establish “procedures that allow the involvement of regulated and integrated immigration for the development of the country, changing the attitude of the state administration towards immigrants and guaranteeing conditions for the integration of immigrants.
To this end, the government wants to move forward with the creation of a title of limited duration, which allows the legal entry of immigrants into Portugal for the purpose of finding work, simplifying procedures and opening up the possibility of temporary stay or residence visa “also aims to provide remote work, as well as accompanying family members with respective ranks.
“This bill eliminates the existence of a global contingent of employment opportunities that must be established by the Council of Ministers for the purpose of issuing a visa for obtaining a residence permit for ancillary professional activities,” the exposition of the diploma of reasons adds.
According to the Constitution, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has 20 days from receipt to pass or veto a parliamentary decree, and may also request a preventive assessment of its constitutionality.
Already today, Marcelo Rebelo de Souza promulgated the Charter of Human Rights in the Digital Age, and last Monday, the Charter of the National Health Service.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal