RDTL Decree-Law 25/2015 on the Press Council. Rough unofficial translation by La’o Hamutuk. For more
information and documents, see http://www.laohamutuk.org/misc/MediaLaw/14MediaLaw.htm
Section III
Human Resources
Article 25.
Staffing
1. The Press Council has a personnel framework of administrative, financial and technical support,
including legal, whose roles are defined according to their specific needs and activities, as far as its
budget provision, and established in its own regulations.
2. They can integrate into the personnel framework of the Public Press Council, staff to provide
functions of administrative and financial support, and apply to them the civil service salary system with
an increase of 25%.
Article 26.
Executive director
1. The Executive Director is responsible for the direction of services and the administrative and financial
management of the Press Council.
2. Without prejudice to the intervention areas to be defined by regulation of the Press Council, it is the
Executive Director’s role to:
a) Prepare for approval by the Press Council and, after approval, implement the annual plan of
activities and budget of the Press Council;
b) Prepare and submit to the Press Council monthly reports on the activity of the Press Council;
c) Prepare the annual report provided for in Article 49 of the Media Law for approval by the Press
Council;
d) Maintain an organized and accessible register of documents referred to above.
3. The Executive Director is appointed for a term of two years, renewable, and is dismissed by the Board
of Press, remaining in office until his/her effective replacement.
Article 27.
Arrangements
1. The legal regime applicable to human resources of the Press Council is, depending on the nature of
the respective legal relationship, the legal regime of the labor contract or the civil service.
2. The recruitment process is preceded by public announcement and is made according to objective
selection criteria.
3. The process of recruitment, careers, conditions and labor discipline of human resources of the Press
Council are established by regulation.
Article 28.
Incompatibilities
1. The staff of the Press Council cannot hold any other office or activity, paid or not, outside the Press
Council.
2. Excluded from the preceding paragraph:
a) The positions or activities to which the employee was appointed by the Press Council;
b) The positions or activities with educational or civic purposes, provided they do not conflict with
the service of the Press Council and have been authorized by it.
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