The legislative package includes a rule that will allow medical staff who refused to be vaccinated against covid to get back to work
Italy’s parliament this Friday gave the green light to new legislation against ‘raves’ and illegal parties during a session marked by controversy and tension between the government and the opposition. Passed by 183 votes to 116, the law was proposed by the executive of far-right Giorgia Meloni on the grounds that drug sales often take place at these parties and that public safety is at risk.
After a tense session in parliament, the country’s president, Sergio Mattarella, has already signed the law overnight, which establishes sentences of three to ten years in prison and fines of up to 10,000 euros. The opposition for its part has not only criticized this measure, but has denounced the government’s use of the opportunity to include a package of measures related to the pandemic in the vote, thus blocking its approval to ensure it.
These new measures include allowing doctors and health personnel who have refused to be vaccinated against Covid-19 to return to work, lifting the ban imposed by the previous executive on these cases. In November, Meloni issued a decree repealing the measure, although with this move he has now turned that decision into law, approved by parliament.
The opposition has denounced that this change of direction is a misguided government response, not only in favor of those opposed to the vaccine, but also sending the wrong signal at a time when the international community is once again scrutinizing progress on the vaccine. watching fear. coronavirus in China.
With this breeding ground, opposition groups have tried to block the passage of the bill. However, the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Lorenzo Fontana, of the far-right League, interrupted the interventions and organized an express vote. Fontana has used the so-called “guillotine” resource, a procedure that limits the time for debate in the chamber and therefore allows rapid progress to the final vote. To date, this parliamentary maneuver had only been used once.
Source: La Verdad
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