The president of the republic defended this Saturday that the social rights of informal carers should be improved in the context of legislative changes to that social status.
In short, she [cuidadores informais] they are workers. As workers, they should have certain rights and not have to work all their lives, 24 hours a day, without rest, without rest and without holidays,” said the head of state in Celorico de Basto, Braga district.
For Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, registration as an informal carer should be facilitated in the current legal framework, “to reduce bureaucracy”.
“Ten thousand [inscritos atualmente] there is very little in the way of informal caregivers across the country,” he said.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa took part in a party organized by the Associação de Solidariedade Social de Basto, led by former mayor Joaquim Mota e Silva, and watched a play performed by users, some of whom have disabilities.
Speaking to journalists, the President of the Republic defended that the government and parliament should see “what can be rapidly promoted in terms of healthcare providers’ rights, in terms of financial support and in terms of social rights”, recalling that the Secretary of State for Guardianship promised that by the end of the year or the beginning of the next the current law will be settled, “on many fundamental points”.
During the session, on the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, organized by that Social Solidarity Institution, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa lamented that, despite the country’s progress, there are still difficulties in these social issues, namely the “lack of institutions to place to welcome those who otherwise formed a reality left behind in everyone’s life”.
“This has taken time because it means there are more resources, more people to care for, looking for caregivers, formally and informally,” he stressed.
For the head of state, dates such as those marked internationally today serve as a reminder that “no two people are the same”.
“People with disabilities are just like everyone else because no two people are the same. We are all different,” he added.
For the President of the Republic, “no one can be excluded because of differences, just as no one can be excluded because of ideas, beliefs or way of looking at the world. That is what makes a just society”.
The ceremony honored two figures from that municipality of Minho who have been notable in the past in supporting that institution of solidarity.
António Joaquim Bastos, former supplier of the local Misericórdia, now deceased, and Albertino Mota e Silva, former mayor, who attended the ceremony, were honored.
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa announced in his speech that both personalities, with whom he lived in the past, will be honored in Belém by the Presidency of the Republic, with the award of the Order of Merit.
Source: DN
