The leader of Chega appealed this Wednesday to the President of the Republic that “for the love of God not let go” of the Government’s proposal to withdraw the National Interpol Office and the Europol National Unit from the jurisdiction of the Judicial Police.
The national offices of Interpol and Europol abandon the powers of the PJ
oh my god don’t let this go will have consequences for all of us and above all justice”, said André Ventura during a visit to the Corroios fair, in the municipality of Seixal, district of Setúbal.
Enough, said the president of the party, on Thursday he will write to the President of the Republic “so that he does not leave this law, even if it is approved in parliament, without a response and that means either a political veto or a referral to the constitutional court.” ”.
André Ventura considers that this bill is a attempt to politicize justice and “have the all the information in the hands of the Government“.
The law, says the party leader, violates the separation of powers, kills judicial independence, and may jeopardize dozens of investigations into government officials.
André Ventura considers that this bill that was presented in Parliament is an attempt to politicize justice and “to have all the information in the hands of the Government”, which violates the separation of powers, kills judicial independence and can put at risk endanger dozens of investigations of government officials.
Judges, prosecutors, and Judicial Police inspectors are widely and strongly concerned about the situation that calls into question the separation of powers. This means that if any police officer requests information about bank accounts and assets of a public official abroad, he immediately informs the Government. This is not normal, it is a breakdown in the separation of powers,” he said,
The president of Chega guaranteed that the proposal that the majority of the PS will want to approve will have your strong opposition.
Europol, at a European level, and Interpol, at a global level, are structures that provide information of a criminal nature to the different police forces, in a 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 put the national offices of Interpol and Europol under the responsibility of the Single Point of Contact for International Cooperation (PUC-CPI), a structure controlled by the General Secretariat of the Internal Security System (SSI). .
The government’s intention, the newspaper said, is contained in a bill submitted by the government to the Assembly of the Republic and implies a revision of the Organic Law of Criminal Investigation, as well as modifications to the Internal Security Law.
Source: Observadora
