Seized at the beginning of the week by around sixty deputies, the Constitutional Council must decide this Friday on the bill transforming a health pass into a vaccination pass, adopted last Sunday by Parliament.
This appeal is brought mainly by deputies La France insoumise, firmly opposed to the text, but also by elected representatives of the group of the Democratic and Republican Left, of Libertés et Territoires, of the UDI, of the socialist group and even an elected representative of the Republicans .
They denounce a form of “disguised vaccination obligation”, which would infringe “personal freedom, the right to respect for private life, the freedom to come and go, the right to collective expression of ideas and opinions , and the right to lead a family life”, although everyone recognizes the importance of vaccination in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Towards new debates in parliament?
The Elders of the rue de Montpensier, responsible for verifying that the bill is in accordance with the Constitution of the Fifth Republic, will therefore have to rule on a certain number of points. The appeal filed by the deputies aims in particular at the extension of the vaccination pass to minors aged 16 and 17, the methods of collecting health data and the conditions for monitoring periods of isolation and quarantine by the police. .
Another appeal was also filed by socialist senators, who said they were not opposed to the principle of the bill, but believe that it must be “scrupulously” framed. They also criticize the “right to repent” of people who have not presented a vaccination pass or who have presented a fake one, if they undertake to be vaccinated, fearing a “break in equality” with other citizens.
The Constitutional Council therefore has the power to censure certain provisions of the text, if it considers that they are unconstitutional. In this case, the debates on the text could be relaunched in Parliament.