Francisco Huenchumilla of Christian Democracy spoke about the right to a “dignified death” and pointed out that “our country is very conservative in values.”
Christian Democracy Senator Francisco Huenchumilla presented a constitutional reform project that establishes right to euthanasia and “Death with Honor.”
Regarding this issue, at Expresso Bío Bío we contacted by telephone the senator who is promoting this initiative to know in depth its background.
“I am all too familiar with the sad and painful reality of people who are terminally ill This is a very painful thing..The other thing is that I strongly believe … you have to be compassionate,” the MP began by saying.
Although Huenchumilla assured that “it is not easy to send it to many parts of the world, I understand it perfectly,” he established that there are already some people who support it and that “We have to catch up,
On this very point, the interviewee declared that “our country is very conservative in its values… we are very far from having a more open culture like European countries.”
Philosophical arguments
The politician stressed that “I have based myself on theological studies… Its foundations are a bit different from what is indicated by the hierarchy in general in Chile. But hey, I have my beliefs and I consider myself a 21st century Christian and Catholic.,
Similarly, the DC activist specified that “I say that when someone is going to leave this life, he must die with the dignity that is consistent with the dignity of the human being. That is what The philosophical background that I set out in this reform.”