For now, there will be no referendum for “universal access to a quality public hospital service”.
Supported by more than 200 deputies and senators "from 11 political groups", the shared initiative referendum project tabled in early July was not validated by the Constitutional Council.
Supported by the association "Our hospital is you", which brings together groups of caregivers and charitable NGOs, the main objective of the text was to increase the resources of hospitals, in particular "in terms of beds and caregivers".
The Constitutional Council cut short the project of parliamentarians from left and right wanting to defend with one voice "a common good", judging that an article of the bill (article 7) "subordinates to the opinion conform of the National Health Conference exercise of the regulatory power of the Prime Minister ”and is therefore“ contrary to the Constitution ”.
Disappointed associations
In a press release, the association "Our hospital, it's you" regretted Friday that the project was rejected "for a technical reason, which concerns only one of the 11 articles of the bill" while the Wise Men could have made a decision of partial non-compliance, "as was the case for example 24 hours ago for the bill on the health pass".
This "would have allowed the RIP procedure to continue".
"In the light of this" double standard, "" Our hospital is you "questions the reality of the possibilities offered by the Referendum procedure of shared initiative", concluded the association, recalling that "the health news illustrates once again the urgency of the situation".
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