«Cdear minister, me I’ll be breathing down your neck»: after the ministry’s response on the Psychologist Bonus, Fedez returns to press the Minister of Health, Orazio Schillaci. And in his stories Instagram summarizes the result of the petition, which has now reached the milestone of 350 thousand signatures, raising the stakes. And explaining that “today we sent a response letter to the minister” with two very specific requests.
Fedez and the petition for the Psychologist Bonus
In the video, the rapper first recalls that «we collected 350 thousand signatures in four days to ask for the implementing decrees on the psychologist bonusto ask for more money to be allocated to the national health system for mental health and, look, when you collect 350 thousand signatures in four days the minister responds to you after a day, so it’s useful». So Fedez invites his almost 15 million followers to share the petition which «is still here, go and sign it, pass it around, because the more we are the more we will break the balls and it’s really nice to break the balls for these important things».
The release of funds
The rapper’s letter to Minister Schillaci (Instagram Stories @fedez)
But on the ministry’s response, Fedez insists: «The Minister of Health Schillaci replies to us, telling us “Hey, I will unblock the implementing decree for the Psychologist Bonus in the next few days”. The next few days are over, Minister. Okay, let’s wait a little longer.” But the release of the funds for the Bonus, he continues, «it is not the only thing to do because we are talking about a small allocation and a drop in the ocean. Anyway, let’s wait.”
The basic psychologist and one in schools
The rapper then underlines that in the response sent last week «the minister adds that they are working very hard on the issue of mental health and that they are doing great things. Let’s say that we absolutely disagree on this, which is why today we sent a letter of response to the minister.” And in that letter, he explains, “we essentially asked for two small but very specific things.”
One, Fedez summarizes, is to have «one primary care psychologist for every five primary care doctors, because mental health is worth and is as important as the health of our body». And the second request is that «it be officially established the psychologist in schools. Because it is needed, it is very important».
A meeting with the Order of Psychologists
Finally, the appeal to Minister Schillaci: «I am addressing you directly. We asked for an official hearing, he never responded to us on this issue. I inform you that in the next few days and weeks I will have a meeting with the Association of Psychologists and other entities that deal with mental health in the public sector. Can you let us know if you want to meet us? We are here, peaceful, we want to do beautiful things, bring home important results for everyone. Let us know, thanks. So we are waiting for at least these few funds on the psychologist bonus to be released in the next few days with the implementing decrees.”
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