Pita Plum (PS) says justice minister “must resign … – iOnline

Pita Plum (PS) says justice minister "must resign … – iOnline

Socialist MP Pita Plum today accused the Minister of Justice to be “the mother of the judicial chaos” and “lose credibility” and therefore “owes its resignation to the country.”

Pita Plum spoke at the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedom and Guarantees, which today received the Minister Paula Teixeira da Cruz to clarify the anomalies recorded in Citius platform and other problems at the start of the new judicial map, which entered into force on September 1.

Socialist MP considered that the minister “has no political conditions to solve the problems that created” and it was “reckless” in advancing reform, despite all the warnings.

still criticized Paula Teixeira da Cruz for allegedly “hiding” behind for two weeks of reports of officials of his ministry, so he insisted, “should his resignation to the country.”

He recalled that the Justice minister took “political responsibility” for technical failures Citius, but “never took lessons,” demonstrating “lack of courage and vision” and should therefore repeated his resignation to the country.

Pita Plum described the scenario experienced in the courts have “stopped process” and “inaccessible”, saying that at the moment “there is no normal functioning of the rule of law in Portugal.”

The PS had asked to resign the minister, the Left Bloc having been the second party to demand the resignation of Paula Teixeira da Cruz after the press conference last Wednesday.

In reply, the Minister denied that it had hidden for 17 days, noting that this period gave interviews and health reasons prevented to appear more often in public.

Paula Teixeira da Cruz also said that, unlike the deputy, has work done, or made to list the various ongoing reforms in the sector that tutelage.

revealed in parliament that he could be allowed to hire 400 prison guards and reminded that justice was the first area to “get out of the troika program.”

As for the problems detected in Citius, maintained that “always said that reform of these mishaps have to have” and that the works in progress in the courts are being made because in the past, not made, and the courts need maintenance.