Rui Rio revealed that the psd parliamentary group will give freedom to vote to the 79 deputies in the vote on euthanasia diplomas.

The President of the PSD understands that each parliamentarian should vote according to his "conscience". "If your conscience dictates yes, you must vote yes. If your conscience dictates no, you should vote no, no matter what others might think. That's really freedom. And if you want to abstain because you have doubts, you can also abstain. That's really freedom. So I had said the other day that it is not relevant as others think, just as it should not be relevant as others think," he said. Rui Rio points out that this is an "excellent example", "in the exercise of a supreme freedom", which the PSD gives the country, by allowing each Social Democrat parliamentarian to proceed according to his personal conviction. On holding a referendum, Rui Rio says the popular consultation "is not on the table." "The referendum is not on the table. What's on the table is a vote on the 20th, there's nowhere to run, it wasn't the PSD that forced her. If you ask me. Everyone knows my position, I'm tendenfully for yes. I say i tendly because I don't vote for any diploma and anyway. I wish I had a degree where I could vote yes and review me," he added. The leader of the PSD is convinced that "many of the people who are calling for the referendum really do not want the referendum", because if they wanted it, "they had already asked for it a year ago". "In fact, what is at stake is not the referendum, is, winning the 'yes', so they want a referendum," he said. The President of the PSD also stresses that it is now time to "study" each of the five diplomas that will be put to a vote in Parliament. "Now we have a vote on the 20th, then the specialty and the final global vote. After all this happens you will soon see who wins and what society wants," he explained.