“Se [o Tribunal Constitucional] understands that it is unconstitutional, the President of the Republic is obliged to veto it. If he does not understand that it is unconstitutional, the President of the Republic has a deadline to eventually consider the law politically”added the head of state.
When asked if he did not also intend to ask the Constitutional Court to preventively monitor this parliamentary decree, or the other that provides for the loss of nationality as an additional penalty, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa replied: “I arrived from Angola and, therefore, I had not yet appreciated either of the diplomas. And what I know was what I just found out through the media”.
“At this point, I’m not saying anything more, because I would appreciate the diplomas in the next few days, there were eight days for that. Obviously, I will appreciate the diplomas, but at this moment I have nothing more to say, other than that I found out, I didn’t know, as no one did, about this PS initiative”added Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.