PS announced this Thursday that it will proceed to validate the decree decriminalizing medically assisted death, which was vetoed by the President of the Republic on Wednesday, forcing it to be made public.
“The PS parliamentary group will move towards confirmation of the diploma,” the leader of the socialist group, Eurico Brillante Diaz, told reporters in parliament, next to him was the socialist MP Isabel Moreira.
In a first reaction to Marcelo Rebelo de Souza’s veto, Isabelle Moreira already hinted on Wednesday that confirming the decree would be a PS option, without explicitly mentioning it.
“The moment has come to respect the parliamentary majority and parliament,” the socialist MP repeated this Thursday.
This PS decision was announced at the end of the weekly meeting of the socialist bench.
According to the Constitution, in the face of a veto, the Assembly of the Republic can approve a vote by an absolute majority of the current deputies, 116 out of 230, in which case the President of the Republic will have to promulgate the law. diploma within eight days of receiving it.
On Wednesday afternoon, the head of state removed doubts raised this Thursday about the constitutionality of parliament’s decision to decriminalize violent death, saying that he vetoed it because of a “problem of accuracy” and believes that if it is confirmed, “there is no drama.”