two weeks ago the Social Democratic Party (PS) presented a battery of amendments to the General Council in order to modify the Penal Code and include the decriminalization of the woman who has an abortion and the doctor who was able to practice the intervention. So he announced it the president of the social democratic group (PS), Susanna Vela, in a piece published in the Diari on the eve of Constitution Daya measure that will be debated in the parliamentary seat and that will force the groups to position themselves through the amendments. from Democrats for Andorra (DA) criticize the form of the process.
He says that the Government cannot be blamed for not making progress in the matter
“Minister Baró has worked hard and is in full negotiationswhich have not stopped. Now, I also have to say that the opposition, knowing that there are these negotiations, is very little ‘fair play’ to present an amendment to the Penal Code”he commented the substitute president of the Democratic Group, Maria Martisella, in a conversation with the Diari.
Asked by the fact that if she thinks that it will draw support from DA that decriminalization does not materialize, the general counsel has defended that the party has “always” been very clear and transparent with his position regarding this matter and has remarked that with Xavier Espot, from his time as Minister of Social Affairs to his two terms as head of government, a lot of work has been done to advance women’s rights. “What cannot be criticized is that no progress has been made, but our institutional and constitutional framework is what it is. We will not be the ones to burden ourselves with the Co-principality”, she expressed, being confident that decriminalization will be achieved in agreement with the Vatican.
“Surely the co-principality has contributed more than what has been left”, he says
Institutional model
On a possible change of the institutional model in the event that decriminalization is not achieved, Martisella is betting on a “paused and lucid” reflection on what can and cannot lead to a change in the figure of the Episcopal Co-Prince.
“What has this institutional model brought us so far? Has it brought us more than what we have left? Surely, although everything can be improved”he assured, pointing out that he also does not know which model should be moved to in the event of a change. To conclude, he threw one last question into the air. “Do we need to change it for something that maybe we could get by negotiating?”.
