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The PS justified its request this Monday to postpone the elections for parliament's external bodies, stating that an “adequate solution” has not yet been found for the Constitutional Court, while advocating for the “representativeness of all political groups.”
A new schedule for voting on external bodies will only be set on March 25th. Choices for the Constitutional Court are at the heart of the negotiation impasse.
This time it was the Socialists who requested the postponement, following two requests from the PSD and one from Chega. The blocking factor is the selection of three judges for the Constitutional Court, an election that requires a two-thirds majority vote from MPs.
The Constitutional Court faces internal conflict as recent rulings validate CESE charges for natural gas companies, directly contradicting a previous plenary decision that deemed the tax unconstitutional.
The Prime Minister filed an appeal with the Constitutional Court following a warning from the EpT.
What do the Constitutional Court and Luís Montenegro disagree on? What are the consequences of the decision? Nine points on the judges' arguments against the Prime Minister's wishes, who will now have to submit and make public information regarding all services provided by Spinumviva, as well as the amounts held by the company in its bank accounts.
The PSD parliamentary leader stresses that this decision has no repercussions for the Prime Minister, but rather for “other holders of sovereign offices, whose treatment should be equal.”
The PSD parliamentary leader began by stating that the clients of the Prime Minister's family business “have already been announced and scrutinised.”
The Constitutional Court rejected the complaint filed by the Prime Minister and upheld the decision requiring him to disclose the client list of the family company Spinumviva
The Chega leader also admitted he may appeal to the European Court of Human Rights if necessary.
The plenary of judges at the Palácio Ratton decided unanimously to uphold the previous decision to reject the Prime Minister's appeal, as it was filed after the legal deadline.
The court upheld the decision not to hear the appeal he had filed.
The Constitutional Court has definitively decided to refuse the analysis of the appeal filed by Prime Minister Luís Montenegro regarding the disclosure of clients of the company Spinumviva. The judges maintain that the appeal was submitted past the deadline.
In a ruling voted unanimously by the plenary of Constitutional Court judges, it was decided that the Prime Minister's appeal would not be heard because it was filed after the deadline.
Although the decision was made in a plenary session of judges, it was the President of the Constitutional Court, José João Abrantes, who decided to reject the appeal filed by Luís Montenegro to prevent the inclusion of Spinumviva clients in his register of interests and, thus, avoid it becoming public knowledge, it was revealed this Wednesday.
The delay in the decision was due to the presentation of 'new elements' by the Prime Minister and the Constitutional Court's workload caused by local and presidential elections, the Court justifies.
The Constitutional Court (TC) clarified that it rejected the appeal filed by the Prime Minister to prevent the inclusion of Spinumviva clients in his register of interests because the submission was made after the deadline.
The Constitutional Court's decision is not final because an annulment has been requested.
Instead of being signed by a lawyer on his behalf, it was Luís Montenegro himself who signed the appeal against the public disclosure of Spinumviva's clients.
The appeal against the public disclosure of the consultancy's clients was signed by the Prime Minister himself, who does not accept its rejection by the judges of the Ratton Palace.
The Public Prosecutor's Office has asked the judges of the Constitutional Court to permanently remove provisions that have already been declared unconstitutional several times. Not even judicial rulings have compelled the CGA to repay money.
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