The Democratic President of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, announced Thursday, October 8, that she would present, on Friday, a law to create a commission to investigate the capacities to lead of Donald Trump, convalescent from Covid-19 .
"This law will create the commission on the presidential capacity to exercise the powers and duties associated with his office,"
his office said in a statement.
This commission falls within the framework of the 25th amendment of the American Constitution, which provides for the president to cede the reins of power to his vice-president if he is no longer in a position to govern, he specifies.
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The outcome of this initiative remains very uncertain, Donald Trump enjoying broad support among Republicans, especially in the Senate, of which they control the majority.
Its vice-president Mike Pence again firmly defended the management of Donald Trump during the only debate between candidates for the vice-presidency on Wednesday evening.
The 25th Amendment, adopted in 1967 after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, specifies the modalities for the transfer of executive powers in the event of the resignation, death, dismissal or temporary incapacity of the tenant of the White House.
According to its article 4, never used before, if the vice-president - supported by a majority of the members of the cabinet or
"of a body which the Congress may designate by law" -
, informs the heads of the House and the Senate that the president is unable to perform his duties, the vice-president may immediately assume these functions as interim president.
This
"body"
is in this case the commission wanted by the Democrats.
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Nancy Pelosi and the bill's author, House politician Jamie Raskin, will present it in a press conference in Congress on Friday at 4:15 p.m. PST.
"I believe that citizens should know the state of health of the president,"
Nancy Pelosi said earlier.
"
There is a question which he refuses" as
well as the White House
"to answer:
w hen, before he caught the virus and admitted it publicly, was his last negative test?"
at Covid-19.
This
“very important” question would
make it possible to
“judge the initiatives taken subsequently”
by the White House, she detailed.
Donald Trump, 74, reacted to these statements by cursing Nancy Pelosi, 78, his pet peeve in Congress.
“It's Nancy la Folle who should be under observation.
They don't call her the Madwoman for nothing! ”
, he tweeted using the nickname he gave him.