Dr. António Manuel Leitão da Silva:

Yes, because it is difficult to change the mindset from criminal to non-criminal. That is going to be the biggest challenge. Of course, there will be a huge reduction in paperwork and in police action with the courts and prosecutors, but I still emphasise that this will take time. Even 25 years after this law was introduced, and it was put into force in 2000, we still have some hiccups. This is a process. It is not something that will happen just with the law. To change the mindset requires a strong approach to the police, even in the way the police approach the citizen.