The opposition parties in the parliament of Madeira -PS, JPP and PCP- indicated this Wednesday that they had doubts about the attribution of criminal police powers to the Forest Police Corps, foreseen in the regime change for this race proposed by the executive.
The leader of the PS parliamentary group, Rui Caetano, recognized that the diploma comes to “improve the career” of these professionalsdespite sustaining “some injustices”, but warned that the Legislative Assembly of Madeira does not have the competence to legislate on the definition of criminal police forces, this being the competence of the Assembly of the Republic.
The deputies Rafael Nunes (JPP) and Ricardo Lume (PCP) reinforced the socialist position, and the communist parliamentarian also raised doubts because the top leaders of the Forestry Police are civilians, namely, the president of the Institute of Forests and Nature Conservation , organism that protects that organism.
It will be like in the Wild West, we will be appointing civilians as sheriffs of the forests”, he joked.
The proposal for an autonomous legislative decree that modifies the legal regime of the special career of workers attached to the Madeira Forest Police Corps was presented this Wednesday in the regional parliament by the Secretary of the Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change, Susana Prada.
Almost ten years after the publication of this diploma, it became necessary to update and adapt the career to the current legal framework and to the current reality”, said the minister, indicating that, among the main changes, the structure of the career stands out. , which goes from two to three categories, creating, at the top, the main forest master category.
On the other hand, all elements that have more than five years of career pass to the superior category to which they are found and the remuneration structure is updated.
The base goes higher, going from level 6 to 7, which corresponds to a salary increase of 7%, and the career cap goes further, reaching level 20 instead of 17, which represents an increase of 12 %”, explained Susana Prada.
According to the diploma of the Regional Government, of the PSD/CDS-PP coalition, the remuneration will also be valued at the level of the coordination positions —Forestry Master Coordinator and General Coordinator— and the risk supplement will be introduced, in the amount of 30 euros /day, when the elements resort to rope climbing techniques.
The Secretary of the Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change also indicated that the executive is “doing everything possible” so that the guards of the Forestry Police Corps benefit from a retirement regime that allows them to retire at 60 years of age, without penalties. , at the age of 60. similarity with the GNR.
“We hope that the parties with a seat in the Assembly of the Republic contribute to correcting this injustice and clear violation of the principle of equality, approving the bill that has already been presented,” he declared.
Susana Prada stressed that the proposal to modify the legal regime of the Forest Police Corps Career, which will be voted on in plenary this Thursday, was “negotiated and agreed” with the Union of Workers of the Public Administration and Entities with Purposes ( SINTAP), with UGT and the Union of Workers of the Public and Social Function of the South and Autonomous Communities.
Source: Observadora
