A further guarantee body: theElderly Rights Authorityi. Coming from the Senate. A sort of legacy, too. BerlusconiYes, because the initiative, presented to Palazzo Madama on February 1, 2023, but whose process only began last week in the Health and Labor Committee, also sees his signature, along with that of other senators (Silvio Berlusconi died on June 12 of that year, replaced in the Senate by Adriano Galliani).
The establishment of an Authority to guarantee the rights of the elderly is therefore proposed. And a specific document is drawn up. Decalogue of the rights of the elderly The Guarantor will ensure: 1) equal access to assistance and support services; 2) freedom of choice and legal and decision-making capacity; 3) absence of abuse and mistreatment; 4) life, liberty, and freedom of movement; 5) privacy and family life; 6) social participation and inclusion; 7) freedom of expression, thought, conscience, culture, and religion; 8) level of health; 9) adequate standards of living; 10) complaints and compensation.
Another authority in an already crowded system
Italians are probably the most protected citizens in absolute terms, being able to count on as many as 13 guarantee bodies: 1) Agency for Digital Italy (agit); 2) transport regulatory authority (Discover African); 3) regulatory authority for energy, networks and environment (Arera); 4) guarantor of competition and the market (Agcm); 5) for childhood and adolescence (Agia); 6) National Anti-Corruption Authority (Anac); 7) for guarantees in communications (AGCOM); 8) Commission for the implementation of the law on strikes in essential public services (cgs); 9) National Commission for Companies and the Stock Exchange (Consob); 10) Supervisory Commission on Pension Funds (Covip); 11) National Guarantor of the rights of persons deprived of personal liberty (LNGPL); 12) Data Protection Authority (Gpdp); 13) Institute for Insurance Supervision (Ivass).
If the process currently underway in the Commission were to ever reach its conclusion, we would be faced with the 14th authority. A further curiosity: among the signatories for the creation of this new body, in addition to Berlusconi, there is also CraxiNot Bettino, obviously, who had a solid personal relationship with Berlusconi. But his daughter Stefania, recently appointed leader of the Forza Italia group in the Senate.
