Source: app.parlamento.pt
Draft proposals for a whistleblowing protection framework are to be voted on this week on Friday 23 June 2021.
An official draft Bill which has received approval of the Council of Ministers on the 29 April 2021 and two further proposals published by the CDS peoples party on the 9 June 2021 – Proposal to create Whistleblower Protection regime – and the PAN party – Proposal to create Whistleblower Protection statute on the 4 June 2021.
Transparency International Portugal said:
“We expect the Portuguese government to strengthen the anti-corruption agenda by passing a whistleblower protection law that leaves no one behind. It is urgent to protect people who fall outside the scope defined in the EU Directive on Whistleblowing, such as victims or witnesses of bad governance and mismanagement outside the workplace and professional relationships, prostitution and human trafficking, domestic violence, environmental crimes, amongst other situations.”