The President will not sign the Covid Act Act, it will return it to Parliament
Pellegrini has reservations about the law.
BRATISLAVA. President Peter Pellegrini will not sign the Act on the so -called. Covid’s amnesty and returns it with Parliament’s reservations for re -negotiation. He declared it in a social network video.
Dangerous precedent
« Every single person who violated the regulation at that time and was punished by law is to be compensated today under the new law. I consider it an extremely dangerous precedent, » Pellegrini said.
He recalled that the law should also compensate for persons who consciously violated measures, for example in hospitals or seniors’ homes, and by their action they could actually infect someone and cause death.
« I could not look into the eyes of the survivors of the victims of Covid, if the law would come into force in this form. Therefore, I believe it needs to be modified, » he stressed.
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The head of state reminded that Constitutional Court The Slovak Republic confirmed the unconstitutionality of pandemic measures only in the case of involuntary closing of people into quarantine facilities.
« At this point, I therefore agree that people who are opposed to their will in quarantine in state facilities – and still have to pay it – were compensated for this step, » the president explained.
It agrees that it is necessary to assess the measures taken during the pandemic on the basis of scientific knowledge and respect for the facts. « We need to know which measures were effective and protected our lives that were unnecessary and that were even harmful to our health, » he noted.
However, he pointed out that the government has not yet been able to submit such an analysis. « For a year and a half in the government, a special power of attorney has been working to check the pandemic management process and management of the resources used.
Slintečka and Krivačka
The President reminded Members that even in the current serious epidemic Slinters and cubes The government requires many responsibilities and many disagree with it.
« But how could we successfully fight the infection if no citizen did not comply with these regulations and relied on the fact that the future government simply returns to him? » he asked.
He stressed that respect for the state, respect for the law and responsibility in the management of their homeland is needed in Slovakia. « In this case, the government and parliament have embarked on a dangerous way of compensation for people who have consciously violated the law. My veto can help them to return from this dangerous journey, » the president concluded.
MEPs National Council At the beginning of April, the Slovak Republic approved the Act on Redowment of the Breeding of Breeds caused by natural persons in connection with the anti -panel measures.
