The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands dismisses the Lanzarote geriatrician Elisa Corujo as president of the Commission for Guarantee and Evaluation of the Right to Die in the Canary Islands, the body that must ensure the application of the right to euthanasia in the archipelago.
The resolution from the Ministry of Health declaring Elisa Corujo's dismissal was signed on September 14 at the proposal of the Directorate of the Canary Health Service, headed by Adasat Goya (Coalición Canaria). The decision, signed by the Canary Islands minister Esther Monzón (CC), is justified by the alleged "impossibility" of the Lanzarote geriatrician "to exercise her functions".
Following this decision, which has been appealed by Elisa Corujo, the acting Presidency passes to the person who currently holds the Vice-Presidency. In response to her dismissal, the geriatrician has filed a discretionary appeal for review, pointing out the alleged irregularity of the decision and requesting that it be annulled.
In the appeal, Elisa Corujo argues that the Ministry "omits" the specific facts that support her dismissal, does not specify "what specific incapacity" makes her unable to exercise her functions, nor which functions she will be unable to perform.
Furthermore, she adds that this decision, "if not accompanied by a real and objective justification, falls below the required standard." Thus, she insists that the dismissal must also explain why she is being removed from the Presidency now and which of the reasons that motivated her appointment are no longer met to justify the decision to remove her now.
The Lanzarote geriatrician suspects that her dismissal from the Presidency of the Guarantee Commission, for which she receives no financial compensation, is related to the publication of the commission's first report, which informed the public about the progress of the application of the Euthanasia Law in the Canary Islands.
"They didn't like it in the Directorate of the Health Service, which is why I am being dismissed," assures Corujo, who highlights that the Ministry is obliged to put the data on the Transparency Portal and has not done so either.
"This technical commission cannot be subject to political whims, because if it is, its autonomy and independence are lost," laments the geriatrician.
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