(Update) GNR: Council of Ministers approves “new” Statute. President already enacted.
Status of approved GNR. Withdrawal point that led the veto of the President. The Council of Ministers today amended the new status of GNR, which was vetoed by the President, predicting now that strength that only the colonels with basic training at the military academy to be promoted to brigadier general.
UPDATE: SIC NotÃcias advances the President of the Republic promulgated already in the afternoon the Statute of GNR, after being approved by the Cabinet and presented by António Costa.
According to the website News Minute to, “The Council of Ministers also reconsidered the ordinance approving the military status of GNR, taking into account the position of President of the Republic in relation to one of the provisions contained in that Regulation”, He announced the Minister of the Presidency, Maria Manuel Leitão Marques, the Council of Ministers press conference today.
The Government has therefore decided “change the ordinance project so as to provide that the GNR only colonels with basic training obtained at the military academy to be promoted to brigadier-general post”.
According to the statement of the Council of Ministers, It was eliminated point that allowed the military without basic training at the Military Academy ascend to the top of the hierarchy GNR.
The Government has also decided to introduce a new paragraph to Article 196 do estatuto da GNR, which refers to “promotions to general officer and general officers are held by choosing between officials with top-level basic training in military science, awarded by institution of higher military university public education, having identical complementary skills to those required for access to general officer posts in the Armed Forces”.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa vetoed on Tuesday the new Statute of the Military National Guard, whereas the possibility of promotion to brigadier-general post “You can create serious problems” the corporation and the Armed Forces.
In a message posted on the Presidency website, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa had said that the ordinance “now devotes a special condition of promotion to brigadier-general post, which translates into a very different regime of force in the military and own GNR”.
