Police officers' demands for salary increases will have to wait for the next Government, since the current one is in management and has no legitimacy to start union negotiations, the Minister of the Presidency said today.
«A Government in management does not have the mandate, nor the capacity to have union negotiations or to approve measures in terms of careers. This is one of the themes that is clearly outside the context of a Government in management», said Mariana Vieira da Silva, at the press conference after the Council of Ministers.
Therefore, explained the minister, «it is necessary to wait for a new Government to be able to respond and dialogue with all those who understand that their careers should be improved».
The minister was asked whether it is still possible for the current Government to negotiate with the PSP unions and GNR associations and about the police protests that have lasted for more than a week for better working and salary conditions, demanding a mission supplement identical to that assigned to Judiciary Police inspectors.
The government official stressed that "everyone has the right to demands and demonstrations, in accordance with the law", but stressed that "the Government is currently not in a position to carry out union negotiations", and the next Executive must be the one to respond to the demands of the police. .
«It is not the time to start union negotiations, nor does the Government have that legitimacy», he explained, recalling that the Government had a series of public administration career reviews underway and that they were approved while he was in full capacity.
The protests began at the initiative of a PSP agent in front of the Assembly of the Republic, in Lisbon, and are increasingly mobilizing elements of the PSP and GNR across the country, with the initiatives organized through social networks, such as Facebook and Telegram.
Among other protests, the platform of the seven PSP unions and four GNR associations scheduled demonstrations for January 24th, in Lisbon, and January 31st, in Porto.
The contestation by elements of the PSP and GNR began after the Government approved on November 29th the payment of a mission supplement for PJ careers.
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