The President of the Portuguese Republic to reject the aid to managing partners

&amp;NewLine;<p>Sad news came late yesterday&amp;comma; we had told you about the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;associes-gerants-au-portugal-nouvelle-aide&sol;">May 7<&sol;a>that the government was studying an amendment in parliament that would enable managing partners and self-employed entrepreneurs to benefit from financial assistance in addition to that provided by the social security system for covid-19&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Portuguese President rejects aid to managing partners and self-employed entrepreneurs<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The final blow came late yesterday from the President of the Portuguese Republic himself&amp;period; The President of the Portuguese Republic vetoed&amp;comma; this Tuesday&amp;comma; the amendment proposed by Parliament extending extraordinary social support to managers of micro and small businesses and sole traders&amp;comma; citing a doubt of constitutionality that could possibly be a violation of the "&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;Labor Code&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;"&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>In the letter addressed to Parliament&amp;comma; published on the website of the Presidency of the Republic&amp;comma; Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa states that "&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;this expansion &amp;&amp;num;8211&amp;semi; moreover socially relevant &amp;&amp;num;8211&amp;semi; has raised&amp;comma; however&amp;comma; doubts about constitutionality &amp;comma; due to a possible violation of the "&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;labor code&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;"&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;&amp;period; And above all that this amendment could imply a consequent increase in spending planned in the state budget&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;2020&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;"&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The Head of State then considers that "the rectifying finance bill for 2020&amp;comma; currently under discussion in the Assembly of the Republic&amp;comma; could possibly overcome this objection to constitutionality" &amp;comma; and further points out that "&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;the deadline for submitting proposed amendments&amp;comma; to be debated and virtually accepted by the government&amp;comma; will only end tomorrow today" &amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The President of the Portuguese Republic is therefore forcing the government to move forward on this measure&amp;comma; because the Labor Code also cannot accept that the supplementary budget contains measures that distort the intentions of the initial state budget for 2020&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<hr class&equals;"wp-block-separator"&sol;>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>From our personal point of view&amp;comma; we doubt very much that this amendment will pass&amp;comma; it should not be forgotten that this project was originally an idea "suggested" by the opposition&amp;period; Moreover, it is important to remember that the government, through social security&amp;comma; has still not paid the aid linked to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;portobeautiful&period;com&sol;300-cas-de-covid-19-par-jour-au-portugal&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" aria-label&equals;"covid-19 &lpar;opens in a new tab&rpar;" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" class&equals;"rank-math-link">covid-19<&sol;a> cash flow&amp;comma; the reason for this delay in payment of more than 2 months is simple&amp;period; <strong>The coffers are empty<&sol;strong>&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;