The leaders of the GNR’s socio-professional associations left this Friday disappointed from the meeting with the Minister of Internal Administration, with the Association of Guard Professionals (APG) revealed that they will move forward with protests, a decision supported by officials. Also the Union Association of Police Professionals (ASPP/PSP) decided to abandon negotiations with the Government, considering the proposal insufficient, and admitted to moving forward with protests.
“We conveyed to the minister that what she presented was very little. Although the APG leadership is still going to meet, it will meet to decide forms of protest”, the president of the most representative association of GNR military personnel, César Nogueira, told Lusa, at the end of a meeting with minister Maria Lúcia Amaral.
The minister presented to the five socio-professional associations of the Republican National Guard an initial proposal from the Government for negotiation, which immediately includes the review of paid services and “no date of completion” changes to the ordinance on hygiene and health at work, careers and remuneration status and evaluation system.
The minister also announced that the special service supplement, intended for military personnel working in criminal investigation and special units, will be increased by 2.15% in January 2026which translates, according to the associations, into an increase of between three and seven euros per month, depending on the functions.
The president of the APG regretted that the review of the remuneration status “is not the main issue” of the negotiation process, since this “is the fundamental point” for the military. “We also proposed to the minister that the issue of remunerations had retroactive effect to January 2026, but it cannot guarantee this and there is no date to start negotiating the review of the remuneration statute”, he said, stressing that for the Government the only priority is the review of the paid services ordinance.
César Nogueira considered that the proposal to review the paid services ordinance presented by the minister is worse than what had already been made known by the previous socialist government. The president of the APG also said that protest actions could be carried out in conjunction with the Police Professionals Union Association (ASPP/PSP).
The National Association of Guard Officers (ANOG) also left the meeting unhappy and the president, Tiago Gonçalves Silva, told Lusa that “GNR officers are alongside the guards and sergeants”, therefore supporting “all protest actions”. “The Government continues to not want to solve the problems“, he stated, maintaining that the guardianship proposal “does not present anything new”, nor any improvement for the military’s salaries.
The president of ANOG added that they expressed to the minister “the discontent that exists within the ranks of the GNR”, stressing that the “real problems” continue “to be postponed”.
At the suggestion of the association that represents Guard officers, the structures jointly presented an annex to be included in the negotiation proposal, namely to reformulate the retirement pension calculation and for the GNR health system to be paid in 12 months instead of 14.
The president of the National Association of Guard Sergeants (ANSG) considered, in statements to Lusa, that the proposal fell “below the order of priorities”, regretting that the Government does not commit to dates for reviewing careers and remuneration status. “We left the meeting disappointed”, stated Ricardo Rodrigues, considering the 2.15% increase in the special services supplement to be derisory.
As GNR associations will meet again with Maria Lúcia Amaral on December 12th to present a counterproposal on the review of paid services.
PSP also rejects proposal
During the afternoon, the Minister of Internal Administration met with the six PSP unions with the right to negotiate to present the initial negotiation proposal that had been agreed in July 2024 when the agreement establishing the increase in the risk subsidy was signed.
After the meeting, the Police Professionals Union Association (ASPP/PSP) decided to abandon negotiations with the Government, taking into account that the proposal presented is insufficient, and admitted to moving forward with protests.
“ASPP abandons negotiations because the proposal presented does not meet what we would expect in relation to remuneration tables, supplements and evaluation ordinance“, the president of ASPP, Paulo Santos, told Lusa at the end of a meeting with the Minister of Internal Administration.
The president of the largest PSP union, who accused the Government of not “fully complying with the agreement signed” in July 2024, said that next week ASPP will meet with the union leadership to decide protest actions.