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Secretaria Regional dos Assuntos Parlamentares e Comunidades
Regional Government welcomes approval of social mobility aid for all resident immigrants
Regional Government welcomes approval of social mobility aid for all resident immigrants
Secretaria Regional dos Assuntos Parlamentares e Comunidades
Private media support strengthens diversity of Azorean democracy, stresses Paulo Estêvão
Private media support strengthens diversity of Azorean democracy, stresses Paulo Estêvão
Secretaria Regional dos Assuntos Parlamentares e Comunidades
Regional Government condemns opposition's strategy of using procedural rules to prevent use of contradictory procedures
Regional Government condemns opposition's strategy of using procedural rules to prevent use of contradictory procedures
January 17, 2025
Regional Government welcomes approval of social mobility aid for all resident immigrants
January 17, 2025
Private media support strengthens diversity of Azorean democracy, stresses Paulo Estêvão
January 15, 2025
Regional Government condemns opposition's strategy of using procedural rules to prevent use of contradictory procedures
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Nota de Imprensa
January 17, 2025
Regional Government welcomes approval of social mobility aid for all resident immigrants
The Regional Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities welcomed today's unanimous approval by the National Assembly regarding the proposal for a law extending the social mobility aid to all immigrants residing in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. Paulo Estevão thanked the "constructive participation" of all the parties represented in the Legislative Assembly and the National Assembly, praising "the unanimity and speed of the entire process." The social mobility aid for national air travel by residents of the Azores, created in 2015, was reinstated last November with a restrictive interpretation, excluding immigrants living in the region who are not from European Union member states or Brazil. This new national interpretation of the law in force has affected almost 2,500 of the more than 6,000 immigrants residing in the Azores. According to the government official, it constitutes "clear discrimination and profound injustice" for around 1% of the population living on the nine islands. The Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores, at the proposal of the coalition parties supporting the Regional Government, then unanimously approved a preliminary draft law submitted to the National Assembly to "clarify the law and correct its interpretation." It even resorted to the legal procedure of a request for urgent parliamentary debate. Following this decision, the Regional Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities travelled to Lisbon last week to meet with the parties represented in the National Assembly, urging them to "speed up and approve the resolution of this problem." Paulo Estevão was accompanied by the president of the Association of Immigrants in the Azores, Leoter Viegas, and the Regional Director for the Communities, José Andrade, who praised AIPA's "important partnership" throughout this process. The political parties represented in the National Assembly "acknowledged the convenience and urgency of this approval," according to Paulo Estevão, "and thus made a decisive contribution to changing the law, in record time, to everyone's benefit." Now, all immigrants living in the Autonomous Region of the Azores, who work and pay contributions like the rest of us, are legally entitled to the social mobility aid for residents regardless of their country of birth.
January 17, 2025
Regional Government welcomes approval of social mobility aid for all resident immigrants
The Regional Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities welcomed today's unanimous approval by the National Assembly regarding the proposal for a law extending the social mobility aid to all immigrants residing in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. Paulo Estevão thanked the "constructive participation" of all the parties represented in the Legislative Assembly and the National Assembly, praising "the unanimity and speed of the entire process." The social mobility aid for national air travel by residents of the Azores, created in 2015, was reinstated last November with a restrictive interpretation, excluding immigrants living in the region who are not from European Union member states or Brazil. This new national interpretation of the law in force has affected almost 2,500 of the more than 6,000 immigrants residing in the Azores. According to the government official, it constitutes "clear discrimination and profound injustice" for around 1% of the population living on the nine islands. The Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores, at the proposal of the coalition parties supporting the Regional Government, then unanimously approved a preliminary draft law submitted to the National Assembly to "clarify the law and correct its interpretation." It even resorted to the legal procedure of a request for urgent parliamentary debate. Following this decision, the Regional Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities travelled to Lisbon last week to meet with the parties represented in the National Assembly, urging them to "speed up and approve the resolution of this problem." Paulo Estevão was accompanied by the president of the Association of Immigrants in the Azores, Leoter Viegas, and the Regional Director for the Communities, José Andrade, who praised AIPA's "important partnership" throughout this process. The political parties represented in the National Assembly "acknowledged the convenience and urgency of this approval," according to Paulo Estevão, "and thus made a decisive contribution to changing the law, in record time, to everyone's benefit." Now, all immigrants living in the Autonomous Region of the Azores, who work and pay contributions like the rest of us, are legally entitled to the social mobility aid for residents regardless of their country of birth.
Nota de Imprensa
January 17, 2025
Private media support strengthens diversity of Azorean democracy, stresses Paulo Estêvão
The Regional Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities, Paulo Estêvão, highlighted today the approval of the Azorean Private Media Incentive Scheme (SIM) at the plenary session of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores, in Horta, which will strengthen the "diversity" of Azorean democracy. "This is about the dissemination of essential information for our citizenship. The information is subject to deontological and ethical principles. It is regulated," he stated at the presentation of the Regional Legislative Decree. Praising the contributions made in the sector and also in the parliamentary speciality, Paulo Estêvão recalled that this is one of the axes of the Regional Government's plan for the private media: SIM is joined by a training programme for journalists, a programme for subscribing to regional newspapers, an institutional advertising component and the full application of the National Plan to support the sector in the Region. "Without considering the national support that can be raised, the Plan has an appropriation of two million Euros. It is a solid plan, capable of turning the situation around," he said. Recalling that "while it is true that there is no democracy without the media," there are also no "journalists without the media to publish their news and pay their salaries," Paulo Estêvão pointed out that "support for the media is fair and fundamental in terms of appropriations" and "in preserving democracy, the greatest of human creations." "It is necessary because, without support, information diversity will disappear in the Region. Currently, RTP Açores has almost as many employees as all the private media combined and receives 88% of state and regional funding. Collectively, the private media only receive 12% of the funds allocated to the media in the Azores. In this new world, overwhelmed by the public media and all the new publications with non-journalistic content, which masquerade as such, private media outlets are on the verge of extinction if nothing is done," he emphasised.
January 17, 2025
Private media support strengthens diversity of Azorean democracy, stresses Paulo Estêvão
The Regional Secretary for Parliamentary Affairs and Communities, Paulo Estêvão, highlighted today the approval of the Azorean Private Media Incentive Scheme (SIM) at the plenary session of the Legislative Assembly of the Autonomous Region of the Azores, in Horta, which will strengthen the "diversity" of Azorean democracy. "This is about the dissemination of essential information for our citizenship. The information is subject to deontological and ethical principles. It is regulated," he stated at the presentation of the Regional Legislative Decree. Praising the contributions made in the sector and also in the parliamentary speciality, Paulo Estêvão recalled that this is one of the axes of the Regional Government's plan for the private media: SIM is joined by a training programme for journalists, a programme for subscribing to regional newspapers, an institutional advertising component and the full application of the National Plan to support the sector in the Region. "Without considering the national support that can be raised, the Plan has an appropriation of two million Euros. It is a solid plan, capable of turning the situation around," he said. Recalling that "while it is true that there is no democracy without the media," there are also no "journalists without the media to publish their news and pay their salaries," Paulo Estêvão pointed out that "support for the media is fair and fundamental in terms of appropriations" and "in preserving democracy, the greatest of human creations." "It is necessary because, without support, information diversity will disappear in the Region. Currently, RTP Açores has almost as many employees as all the private media combined and receives 88% of state and regional funding. Collectively, the private media only receive 12% of the funds allocated to the media in the Azores. In this new world, overwhelmed by the public media and all the new publications with non-journalistic content, which masquerade as such, private media outlets are on the verge of extinction if nothing is done," he emphasised.
