The President of the Government of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, said on Tuesday that he will speak with the President of the Assembly of the Republic about a set of unresolved problems, stressing that the priority is the revision of the Regional Finance Law.

Augusto Santos Silva begins a two-day visit to Madeira on Tuesday, which includes meetings with the President of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira, José Manuel Rodrigues, and with the President of the Regional Government, Miguel Albuquerque.

Augusto Santos Silva participates in the opening of the legislative session in Madeira on an official visit

Let’s talk about the revision of the Regional Finance Law that, as you know, a working group will be created, but one of my obligations will be to inform the President of the Assembly of the Republic of this common objective of the two regions”, said the head of the insular Executive, in statements to journalists on the sidelines of a visit to a private company.

Miguel Albuquerque said that there are a number of pending issues that “must be addressed and, above all, The President of the Assembly of the Republic must be informed of the same.“.

“Right now, we have to Prioritize, above all, the revision of the Regional Treasury Law because, in the current scenario, what we are witnessing is a gradual decrease in transfers to the autonomous communities and that is not acceptable”, he reinforced.

Among the issues that the region has pending with the Republic, Albuquerque (PSD) also highlighted the regulation of the mobility subsidy, in order to “facilitate” life for Madeirans, and the revision of the Constitution.

From the perspective of the President of the Regional Government, Madeira should have the co-management of the Savage Islands, its own fiscal framework and not be limited to a 30% fiscal differential, and, in cases of health emergency, the powers should be clarified in the Constitution. of the Autonomous Communities.

Santos Silva highlights “very good” collaboration with the Legislative Assembly of Madeira

The President of the Assembly of the Republic today considered the collaboration with the Legislative Assembly of Madeira “very good” and pointed out that, for the first time, a president of the national parliament will participate in the opening of the legislative session in that region.

In a brief video message that he recorded before leaving for Funchal, Augusto Santos Silva mentions that this “will be the first time” that the President of the Assembly of the Republic participates in a solemn session of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira which marks the beginning of a new legislative session in that regional parliament.

It is also a solemn session that commemorates the Constitution of 1822 and it is well understood why the Autonomous Region of Madeira also commemorates the liberal revolution of 1820 and its Constitution. It was from there that the free expression of autonomy claims was allowed and it was also there that, for the first time, Madeira and the Azores ceased to be considered an overseas territory to be called islands adjacent to the Kingdom of Portugal”, said the former .- Minister of State and Foreign Affairs.

On the political and institutional level, Augusto Santos Silva stressed that the collaboration between the Assembly of the Republic and the Legislative Assembly “is very good and very necessary to address all issues related to the development of autonomy that involve legislative work.”

“Whether they are related to the constitutional order, regional finances, mobility, financing of Higher Education and many others,” added the President of the Assembly of the Republic.

According to the program of the second figure of the Portuguese State, Augusto Santos Silva will arrive in Funchal this Tuesday afternoon, after which he will attend a dinner in his honor offered by the president of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira, José Manuel Rodrigues.

On Wednesday, at 10:30 a.m., the former Minister of State and Foreign Affairs will be received at the Quinta da Vigia by the President of the Regional Government of Madeira, Miguel Albuquerque, and will then meet with the President of the Legislative Assembly of Madeira. .

At the end of the morning, Augusto Santos Silva participates in the opening of the IV Legislative Session of the XII Legislature of the regional parliament of Madeira and in the solemn session commemorating the Bicentennial of the Constitution of 1822

Before returning to Lisbon, the President of the Assembly of the Republic has lunch with the representative of the Republic for the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Counselor Judge Ireneu Cabral Barreto, at the Palácio de São Lourenço, and in the early afternoon he visits the Museum of Contemporary Art of Madeira, in Calheta.

News updated at 18:58