Italy will bid farewell in a Milan
parish Friday to DJ Fabo, the blind and tetraplegic former DJ
whose recent assisted suicide in a Swiss clinic rekindled debate
on end-of-life issues like euthanasia and living wills, the
right-to-die activist who helped him commit suicide, Marco
Cappato, said Monday.
"It won't be a Mass but a memorial in one of the areas of the
parish (of Sant'Ildefonso)," said Radical Party member and Luca
Coscioni Association Treasurer Cappato, who is risking up to 12
years in jail for his role in Fabo's death.
Lower House whips said last week that the House may start
examining a bill on living wills soon.
Sources within the ruling coalition said the general debate
on the bill may well start on March 13.
Parliament's long failure to legislate on end-of-life issues
was highlighted last week by the assisted suicides in
Switzerland of Fabo, left blind and tetraplegic by a 2014 car
crash, and of a cancer-suffering pensioner from Veneto.
Cappato is under investigation in Milan for aiding the
suicide last Monday of DJ Fabo.
The investigation was opened after former MEP Cappato
reported himself to Carabinieri police on Tuesday.
The Radical Party member, who risks up to 12 years in jail,
has said he hopes to face a trial as he bids to "get the State
to assume its responsibilities".
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