In Veneto, there was only one vote short of approving the bill submitted by the Luca Coscioni Association, which would give local health authorities a maximum of 27 days to respond to patients with irreversible pathologies who request from public health access to treatment in case of voluntary death. .
A vote that led to a clear split in the centre-right, with President Luca Zaia and part of the League voting in favour, and a “fatal” departure of Democratic Party councilor Anna Maria Bigon in the opposition ranks. His abstention was decisive in the rejection of the law.
Cappato: “How long does a terminally ill patient have to wait to claim his rights?”
At the end of the session, Zaia said: “The law does not pass by an equal vote of 25 votes to 25 and goes back to the commission – This is democracy. From now on, tomorrow morning, terminal patients, in light of the decision of the Consulta, know that in any case they can request access to the end of life.” It is a proven demonstration that this popular initiative proposal does not serve to authorize the end of life, but establishes a time for responses”.
A reading shared by the Luca Coscioni Association and its treasurer Marco Cappato announced at the press conference that the war has not stopped and will continue in all other regions, starting with Lombardy, where the bill will be discussed in the coming days. 8 thousand signatures were made to the association. “We promised not to stop after the rejection of the Legal Euthanasia Referendum; we kept that promise. At the press conference, Cappato said that the Veneto Regional Council did not approve our law, but sent not one against it, but our law. Back to the Commission Therefore, the Regional Council is in Italy while waiting for the law The Council may, by decision, establish the procedures for activating the right to assistance to suicide already in force. , answer the question: “How long do you think a terminally ill patient should wait to receive a response from the local health authority?”.
Democratic Party’s “shyness” and divisions on the right
During the press conference, Cappato later answered Today.it’s questions about the cross-sections formed in political parties on the issue of end of life. Regarding the Democratic Party, which had no say in such an important issue, the Association’s Treasurer, Luca Coscioni, commented with a hint of resignation: “Those who deceive themselves are disappointed. We are fighting with people who think like us – he explained – and we have no party discipline or any “We are not bound by the team order of a political force. It is certain that the law submitted by the Democrats to the last parliament is worse than the decision of the Constitutional Court, and this is a fact, but I thank all the regional council members and PD leaders who supported our struggle.”
As for the divisions on the right, Cappato, on the contrary, does not hide his optimism: “This is very positive news – he said – especially since in addition to the support of Zaia there was also the support of part of the League. Something very similar to the Englaro case, in which Forza Italia supports this fight “As for what happened during: Flavio Tosi’s party in Veneto no longer exists. I want to say that our proposal has been discussed in many municipalities, also with the mayors. The political colors and this show that if the war of civilizations is felt by the people, the fences can be torn down and this is a good thing.”
Source: Today IT
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