Case Lambert: justice is opposed to passive euthanasia of the patient

The Court found that the contents of the will of Vincent Lambert "could not be determined with a sufficient degree of certainty" and found that "it is inappropriate that the CHU de Reims had considered that Mr Lambert could be regarded as having demonstrated its willingness to interrupt this treatment.



"THE WISHES OF VINCENT WERE NOT MET.

It has also estimated that "the continuation of treatment was neither unnecessary nor disproportionate and did not aim only artificial maintenance of life. The CHU, the nephew of Vincent Lambert and his wife, who says that Vincent Lambert had expressed before his accident his refusal of an artificial life support, will file an appeal with the Council of State.


"It's added violence to violence", said Rachel Lambert, for whom "let him go is the ultimate proof of love that can bring him. This decision "may create an unfortunate case", for his part regretted Me Bruno Lorit, François Lambert lawyer, nephew of the patient, which "drives [t] a decision less general and more centered on the specific case of Vincent. A view shared by Dr. Eric Kariger, head of the Department of palliative medicine, CHU de Reims, who believes that "the wishes of Vincent have not been met.


THE CURRENT LAW "CONSISTS OF AMBIGUITIES.

The reaction of the Government did not do wait. "It is not for me to comment on a court decision, certainly I believe know that the wife of Vincent Lambert will lodge an appeal with the Council of State and thus the procedure continues," said on Europe 1 Marisol Touraine, the Minister of health, before estimating the law Leonetti was not enough.

The current law "has ambiguities that should be lifted, because it is clear that there are different assessments between doctors, family and the judges on what this law allows to make," the Minister said, refusing however to provide a precise timetable.

Adopted in 2005, the law Leonetti includes that physicians may, after obtaining the opinion of the relatives, stop treatments 'unnecessary or disproportionate and whose sole purpose is the artificial maintenance of life'.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PART OF THE FAMILY AND THE CHU

Saturday, Dr. Eric Kariger had announced to the family of Vincent Lambert imminent stop of his power and artificial hydration. But Monday, her parents, a sister and a half-brother seized the Administrative Court of Châlons-en-Champagne in an application for interim relief-freedom to demand annulment of medical decision and transfer to another hospital.

This is the second time in nine months that the Administrative Court of Châlons-en-Champagne believes that the framework provided by the law Leonetti has not been respected by the team of Dr. Kariger. In may, after thirty-one days of interruption of artificial nutrition, the parents of the young man had already obtained the resumption of feeding their son, on the grounds that they had not been adequately informed of this decision.


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Madagascar has an elected president, the outgoing regime

Madagascar again has an elected president, the winner outgoing regime

Antananarivo - Hery Rajaonarimampianina, supported by the strong man of the regime of transitio  Andry Rajoelina, is officially the new Malagasy president since Friday, first head of State elected since the coup of 2009 which had isolated the island from the international community.



Mr. Rajaonarimampianina, 55, former Finance Minister of the regime installed early 2009 by the young mayor of Antananarivo, was "declared officially president of the Republic of Madagascar" by the Special Electoral Court (these) president, François Rakotozafy, which dismissed the application for annulment lodged by the defeated candidate.

The new president won 53.49% of the vote during the second round held in the quiet in December. The participation rate was 50,72%.

Robinson Jean Louis, the candidate knighted by the former deposed president Marc Ravalomanana, still in exile in South Africa, won 46.51% of the vote.

He spoke of "massive fraud" and particularly challenged the electoral list, while observers have deemed free and credible ballot. The ESC has tried to puncture the abscess through Tuesday a confrontation in private closed between lawyers on both sides.

On the institutional level, Madagascar could know a scenario "Poutine", outgoing president becoming Prime Minister and keeping most of the power.

The Rajoelina camp is indeed in a position to appoint him Prime Minister after swept away the relative majority in the National Assembly according to provisional results.

Mr Rajoelina has been prevented to attend the presidential election, under pressure from the international community which feared unrest. It had chosen to support one of the two candidates qualified for the second round.

Mired in a major political crisis for five years, the island still worked by tension, which recently expressed during clashes with the police on a University campus that made a death last week.

Major political crisis five years

The challenges that await the new president are huge, starting with the political stabilisation, key of a restart of tourism (15% of GDP currently) and the realization of prospecting oil and mining projects.

Madagascar, which had seen enviable growth under the era Ravalomanana - this was before the global financial crisis - has backtracked in many areas.

Since 2009, the country ended up banished from the nations, investors have deserted, and international aid has dried up, causing a serious economic crisis and a general impoverishment of the population.

Seven out of 10 children do not end primary school. Poverty pushes many locals in begging and petty crime is on the rise, theft, assault multiplying including in tourist areas.

Struck by an invasion of locusts unprecedented in 2013, which is added to the traditional related to cyclones, droughts and deletions four million inhabitants on 22 are food insecure, according to the Food Programme (WFP).

The deforestation of the island contributed to an epidemic of plague that killed 75 people at the end of the year 2013.

The great unknown is also due to the attitude of former president Ravalomanana, also to stand for election by the international community. His wife Lalao is since 2013 return to Madagascar, very active politically, while itself is still forbidden to stay on the island.

Discrete Minister of finance and the Budget, Mr. Rajaonarimampianina was able to somehow manage the finances of a country deprived of international assistance. Even if his involvement in the regime who ran the island for more than four years earned him suspicion by his opponents to have covered some illegal trafficking.

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Death of a Japanese soldier who continued the war until 1974

Hiroo Onoda est mort tranquillement dans son lit à Tokyo à 91 ans. Rien que de très banal sauf que cet ancien soldat japonais a vécu caché dans la jungle aux Philippines jusqu’en 1974, pensant que la guerre n’était pas finie. Durant près de trente ans après la capitulation de l’empire nippon, cet officier de renseignement et spécialiste des techniques de guérilla a résisté sur l’île philippine de Lubang, près de Luzon.
On l’y avait envoyé en 1944 avec un ordre formel : ne jamais se rendre et tenir jusqu’à l’arrivée de renforts. Avec trois autres soldats, il a obéi à cette instruction pendant des années après le conflit, ignorant que le combat était fini. Leur existence fut découverte en 1950 lorsque l’un d’eux décida de sortir de la forêt et de rentrer au Japon.



On a eu beau alors larguer par avion des tracts annonçant à Onoda que la guerre était terminée depuis longtemps et que l’armée impériale avait été battue, le soldat n’y crut jamais et continua avec ses derniers acolytes à surveiller des installations militaires et même parfois à se battre contre des soldats philippins. Après la mort d’un des compagnons d’infortune d'Onoda, Tokyo et Manille continuèrent de rechercher ce dernier et son ultime frère d’armes pendant dix ans. Finalement les recherches furent arrêtées en 1959, Japonais et Philippins étant persuadés que tous deux étaient morts. Mais en 1972, ils refirent surface pour attaquer des troupes philippines. Onoda réussit à s’enfuir alors que son dernier homme était tué.

Tokyo décida alors d’envoyer des membres de sa propre famille pour tenter de le convaincre d’arrêter le combat, mais en vain. Il aura finalement fallu que son ex-commandant s’enfonce lui-même dans la jungle en 1974 et lui ordonne de déposer les armes pour qu’il accepte sa reddition.

Le 11 mars 1974, Hiroo Onoda (2e à gauche) quitte finalement la jungle de l’île de Luban, aux Philippines. (Photo Jiji. AFP)


Hiroo Onoda était le dernier de ces dizaines de soldats japonais qui, aux quatre coins de l’Asie, ne croyaient pas à la défaite, et avaient décidé de continuer la lutte au nom de l’empereur Hirohito, bien après la capitulation annoncée par ce dernier le 15 août 1945. A son retour au Japon en 1974, il expliqua lors d’une conférence de presse que pendant ses trente années au cœur de la jungle philippine, il n’avait eu qu’une seule chose en tête : «exécuter les ordres»
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The Ukraine vote a draconian law against demonstrations

This text was adopted by 235 deputies out of 450, Freehand provides penalties ranging up to 15 days in jail or fines of more than EUR 500 for the installation of tents, scenes or unauthorized speakers in advance. In addition, if the law is promulgated by the president, the individuals and organizations responsible for providing equipment to offenders could risk a fine of more than EUR 1 000 or sentenced to ten days in jail.




THE OPPOSITION DENOUNCED "A VIOLATION OF THE LEGISLATION.

"What happened today in Parliament is a violation of the law," responded Vitali Klitschko, became one of the leaders of the opposition and possible rival of Viktor Yanukovych to the next presidential. The leader of far-right, Oleh Tyahnybok, another opposition figure, for its part felt that it was "simply a usurpation of power.

The challenge was born in November of the refusal of Viktor Yanukovich, increased with the Russia in favour of a continuation of the Ukraine in the sphere of Russian influence, to sign a free trade agreement with the European Union, in preparation for more than three years, in favour of economic cooperation.

Since then, hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated their disapproval in the streets of Kiev. Tents are still installed on the square of independence, in the heart of the capital. If Viktor Yanukovych should promulgate the text, this type of action would become illegal, as well as the wearing of masks that militant nationalists hostile to the president have become accustomed to wearing.

Jan Tombinski, Ambassador of the European Union (EU) in Ukraine, added its voice to that of opponents to condemn the way in which the text was adopted at hand rather than by the usual electronic vote. "There should be normal procedures, otherwise the credit given to democratic institutions and the law is at risk", concerned in a press release.

Signs of tension in the country, at least two members were injured in a fight, a few minutes after the adoption of the budget to Parliament. Opposition MPs are trying to block since the beginning of the week the work in the Parliament, after the Government refused to sign the agreement of free trade with the EU.

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