The Constitutional Court ruled inconsistent with the Basic Law of the cut holiday bonuses for civil servants and even suspension of pensioners and pensioners, found the PUBLIC.

Lead also covers the contribution of sickness and unemployment and even the standard contracts relating to teaching and research, but these two standards have reduced budgetary impact.

In public session reading the decision was nothing said about the fundamentals nor on any exception clause. In the explanations provided below, the President of the Constitutional Court (TC), Joaquim Sousa Ribeiro, stated that "there is a restriction of the effects", whereby the norms considered unconstitutional "lose their effectiveness since its entry into force, on January 1. "

In total, the decision negatively covers Articles 29, 31, 77 and 117 of the State Budget for 2013. The total budgetary impact could reach 1300 million euros, according to calculations PUBLIC.

Asked about the reasons why it was not considered any exception clause, Sousa Ribeiro replied that "it is the law that must conform to the Constitution and not the contrary."

According to the calculations of PUBLIC - made based on the data submitted by the Government in the proposed state budget for 2013 - the two lead articles concerning holiday pay may represent an increase in public expenditure (net of income taxes) this year order of 1150 million euros. Of these 610 million relate to the holiday allowance for civil servants and 540 million to the holiday allowance (or equivalent services) pensioners.

As regards the application of a contribution of 5% in sick pay and 6% unemployment, the fiscal impact is in this case a drop in revenues of around 150 million euros.

The request for review of the constitutionality of the cuts in subsidies holiday for civil servants and pensioners had been made by the President and all the opposition parties, while the fourth request, efecutado by the Ombudsman, only referring to the suspension of holiday pay of retirees and pensioners.

Lead cut subsidies holiday replicate the decision of the Constitutional Court decision in the summer of last year, then invoking the principle of equality.

Shortly after the reading of the decision, the cabinet of Prime Minister Passos Coelho announced that Saturday afternoon summoned to an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers, "designed to assess the content of the judgment of the Constitutional Court regarding the State Budget Law for 2013 ". [link to www.publico.pt]