PCP questions Government about new GNR training center in Portalegre

Na question delivered in parliament and addressed to the Minister of Internal Administration, Luís Neves, the MEP of the CFP Paula Santos recalls that the current GNR Training Center has “worked since 1985” in the Convent of São Bernardo, under a compromise protocol between the Ministries of Defense and the Internal Administration.

In the question, dated Monday and consulted today by the Lusa agency, the parliamentary recalls the recent temporary suspension of classrooms in the center due to “a plague of bedbugs”, arguing that “the lack of decent and sanitary conditions” led to the hospitalization of 16 graduates in the hospital.

“ In-person classes resumed, but, according to the Association of Guard Professionals (APG/GNR), the problem of the lack of conditions of the current training center remains ", alert.

Paula Santos also recalls that “the serious operational and health problems” at the GNR Training Center “are long recognized”.

And, it can be read, “the urgent nature is further evident” in the realization of the construction process of the new GNR training center, which is planned for a land of 11 hectares provided by the municipality, in the industrial zone of the Alentejo city.

In the document, Paula Santos revisits several phases of the course of this project and recalls that “in June 2026”, Luís Neves stated that the construction of the new center “will only advance” to the project phase “after being clarified”, with the Institute of Conservation of Nature and Forests (ICNF), the issue of the slaughter of corks in this land.

“ In view of the precarious conditions, which have long proven, of the temporary building that GNR has been using for 40 years, it is blatantly clear the urgent nature of the start of the construction of the new GNR Training Centre to ensure “conditions worthy of these military and trainees”, he argues.

With the question, the CFP wants to know if the Government confirms that the project for the construction of the new GNR Training Centre “is in the licensing and planning phase” and that the “start-up forecast of works remains” for this year.

If so, the Communists also claim to want to ascertain “what is the timing” of the execution phase and “what is the start date of the work”.

In the document, they also question the Government about what “concrete measures” were taken to “resolve and ensure better sanitary and operational conditions” in the temporary building that GNR is using, while the work is not advancing.

In another question on the same subject, also addressed to the Minister of Internal Administration and consulted today by Lusa, the same Communist MP asks the Government whether it confirms that a disinfestation has been made at the premises of the training centre, regarding the recent pest of bedbugs, and who carried out the operation and “under what conditions”.

“ Can the Government ensure that all measures have been taken to protect the health of the GNR professionals attending the training centre on this occasion? What measures are being taken to protect them immediately,” she said.