Report of the Great and General Council of San Marino of 20 January – morning
REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO – On the vaccination obligation, the majority bypasses the NPR amendment and undertakes to draw up an agenda. The morning session starts late to allow discussion on a possible mediation to the NPR amendment, to article 1 of law decree n. 3, decree which provides for the strengthening of the anticovid measures.
The knot is dissolved when Giancarlo Venturini, Pdcs, asks NPR to withdraw the amendment, in the face of the commitment to agree on an Odg that leads to evaluate the introduction of the vaccination obligation. “On the subject we believe that a scientific, juridical-regulatory study is necessary – explains Venturini – I confirm the vote against the Pdcs to the NPR amendment, but we are willing to think about a commitment, which can translate into an agenda, which provides, with the necessary time and the necessary legal support, therefore scientific examination, possible introduction, if necessary, of the vaccination obligation, ask if there is availability on the part of NPR to withdraw the amendment for these assessments rates “. Alessandro Mancini and Gerardo Giovagnoli for NPR welcome the proposal. Mancini recognizes that the vaccination obligation there are differences in the assessments “not only between political forces, but also within them” and the actual existence of technical and legal problems to be solved. So the NPR amendment is withdrawn, with a view to drawing up an agenda. For Rete, Emanuele Santi underlines the importance of the debate on “a divisive issue but one that must be taken by the horns, because it is one of the answers to be given to the country”. And he ensures the commitment to elaborate the Agenda with “a strong and clear mandate to make all the necessary investigations – he explains – so that in a short time we can trace a way, better and shared, so that the obligation vaccination may also become law in San Marino “. Sandra Giardi, from the mixed majority group, anticipates that she reserves the right to vote on the agenda, once it has been seen.
The opposition stigmatizes divisions in the majority. Guerrino Zanotti, Libera, points the finger at “a debate steeped in hypocrisy, the result of the fact that the majority and the government are completely divided on the way in which the pandemic is tackled”. And again: “I challenge you to an Odg – he says – hoping that in the meantime the night will pass and there will be no more talk of the vaccination obligation, because the pandemic peak will already have arrived”. Andrea Zafferani, Rf, also underlines how “the majority is totally frayed on an important topic” and wonders when the agenda will arrive. Marco Nicolini, Network, takes the opportunity to let off steam against Domani Motus Liberi, “a party that keeps most of the game in check from the first opportunity, we must think of an alternative”. Gaetano Troina defends his group: “From the beginning of the legislature we have always and only expressed our opinions and we will continue to do so”. “The country cannot afford the climate we have here – stigmatizes Nicola Renzi, Rf – The DC-Network axis that holds this majority together is blowing up”. Spagni Reffi di Rete agrees with some observations of the opposition: “We are making a bad show for the citizens”, and urges them to go ahead with the ratification of the decree.
Finally, the closing parenthesis on the (withdrawn) amendment of Npl the Secretary of State for Health, Roberto Ciavatta, hoping for a reflection in the majority: “Someone – he sends to say – did not keep his word given when my resignation was unanimously rejected. ”“ I agree with those who say that here, today and yesterday, there was a ridiculous show – stigmatized – because of the majority ”. He then explains all his disappointment: “We discussed the decree for a long time, which followed a mediation, it was not like that at the beginning. The Emergencies Group asked us to vaccinate, but there is a law that provides for objection against insurance and no insurance should cover the covid. In a negotiation in which the government, everything, withdraws part of the decree following the mediation, on the other hand, someone intends mediation ‘or everything we ask is accepted or we fight in the newspapers and in the courtroom’. Everyone in the majority should decide hand on heart and whether he is here for or to raise one more sign ”. Finally: “The decree is in force, we are here discussing nonsense- presses- The proof today is that there is a majority that plays, there is a lack of political capacity and to understand that there must be mediation around issues – conclude – and , once reached it cannot be bypassed “.
The Chamber continues with the examination of the amendments to decree n.3: all those rejected so far examined, up to article 5, except for an amendment by Libera to article 4 which is unanimously accepted. “The amendment repeals the paragraph which prohibits the reading of the newspapers in public places – briefly explained by Guerrino Zanotti, Libera. “You can play cards, you don’t understand why you can’t read the newspapers”. Both the Ciavatta State SDS and the group of majority parties agree on the acceptance of Libera’s proposal, which is then approved unanimously. The session is interrupted to the debate on the amendments presented to article 6 which introduces the enhanced health documentation (the Super Green Pass). The examination of the amendments will continue in the afternoon.