The SDP will again propose a referendum in September and claim that “leadership” has proven the party right.

This Monday, the SDP considered that the “leadership” of the Constitutional Court gave the party reason to doubt the decriminalization of violent death, promising to re-propose a referendum on this issue at the beginning of the next legislative session.

“SDP is right. Enough stubbornness. The debate on euthanasia must leave the four walls of parliament and become the subject of a referendum. Direct democracy is a space for deep discussion and a safe solution, since the issue must be pre-approved by the Constitutional Court,” Luis Montenegro defended in a post on the social network Twitter.

The Social Democratic president recalled that the SDP came up with this proposal for a popular vote in December – days before the diploma was sent to the final global vote in parliament – but it was not even passed due to unconstitutionality.

“Government, PS and Chega united to reject the PSD initiative, now we can do it only in September. And we will do it!” Montenegro assured, referring to the start date of the next legislative session.

The reaction of the President of the PSD came at the same time that the leader of the PSD, Joaquim Miranda Sarmento, spoke to journalists in the Assembly of the Republic, who used the same arguments, albeit adding the President of the Assembly of the Republic to the range of those who refused the referendum proposed by the PSD.

“This is the second time the court has been called to rule on this decree-law, and the second time it has declared it unconstitutional. This means, as the SDP has always said, that this is a matter of great delicacy. , a huge division, a huge concern about how this should be legislated,” Miranda Sarmento emphasized.

The PSD leader expressed regret that “due to the pure and exclusive responsibility of the PS, Chega and the President of the Assembly of the Republic” the initiative of the Social Democrats “failed”, and the country “has not yet had the opportunity to consult on a matter so difficult for the Portuguese”.

“We will demand a referendum again as soon as possible (…) The SDP under the leadership of Luis Montenegro has always fought for a referendum, and this process proves that the SDP was right when it demanded a referendum,” he said.

On December 13, the Plenum of the Assembly of the Republic approved the opinion, which finally rejected the adoption of the initiative of the PSD, when voting for the PS, I.L. and Livre, who abstained from Chega and against the SDP, PKP, VE and PAN.

Thus, the Parliament confirmed the decision of the President of the Assembly of the Republic, who refused to accept the draft PSD, considering that it violates the principle of the Constitution that it is forbidden to present an initiative on an issue already rejected in the same legislative session.

In June, parliament already “failed” Chega’s draft resolution, which called for a nationwide poll on the same topic.

The Constitutional Court (CC) declared unconstitutional this Monday certain provisions of the decree governing medical death in response to a request by the President of the Republic for a preventive review by a decision taken by a majority of seven judges to six.

This is the second time that the Constitutional Court has rejected a death order with the help of a doctor.

The TC justified the decision by saying that it created “unacceptable uncertainty as to the exact scope” of the physician-assisted death decree, noting that parliament had gone “further” by changing “substantial aspects” of the previous diploma.

The judges concluded that by characterizing the type of suffering according to three characteristics (physical, psychological and spiritual) connected by the conjunction “and”, the legislator “raised doubt, which he has to clarify, that the requirement is cumulative (physical suffering, greater psychological suffering, greater spiritual suffering) or alternative (physical, psychological and spiritual suffering).