He has been in the Senate Health Commission for 10 months and Ope Pasquet assures that there are people waiting for a resolution.
He National Executive Committee (CEN) of the Colorado Party urged the senators to debate in the Health Commission of the Upper House the euthanasia project that has been delayed for more than ten months, the promoter of the project, ope pasquetassured that there are many people waiting for a resolution.
The initiative has been discussed since March of the year 2020, a time that the promoter of the law considers “prolonged” to which is added that it has been suspended for more than ten months in the Health Commission of the Upper House. “We think the time has come to take a resolution. That each one vote according to his loyal knowledge and understanding; we are not asking you to vote in favour. We are urging them to reach a decision on this,” said Ope Pasquet.
In this sense, the senator assured that he has received inquiries about the status of the debate on the law. “There are people who are suffering incurable, irreversible diseases, that cause them unbearable suffering. Those people are waiting for a decision on this, ”she insisted.
“The least we owe them is a decision; It will be yes or no, according to the majority, but what we cannot do is maintain this uncertainty, this lack of definition that makes people wonder when they are going to decide this, ”he added.
Why was the discussion of the euthanasia project delayed?
After approval in the lower house, and with some modifications to the original proposal, the text went to the Senate, where from the beginning an even tighter debate was expected, with the public opposition of the National Party of the president Luis Lacalle Pou and of Town meeting.
In this context, there was a tie in the Health Commission, with the positive votes of the Frente Amplio legislators daniel olesker, Charles Carrera and Sandra Lazo; and the negative pronouncements of Guido Manini Rios by Open Town Hall, Carmen Asiain of the National Party and Carmen Sanguinetti for the Colorados, the last to decide against the project.
With these results, it was Niffouri who had to break the tie for and against, although he maintained that he had not yet made a decision. Meanwhile, he anticipated that the vote would remain for this year since the upper house’s priority was set on other projects such as the social security reform.
Source: Ambito
