Michele I hospitalized for a heart attack: intense popular reaction in support of the beloved Emperor
Concerns and apprehension throughout all the night and day while the Palace kept the confidentiality about His Majesty's condition indicating it initially as a "health issue"
Crowd gathered in the night in front of Deodato II Polyclinic
12 September 4586
ROMULA - 74-year-old Emperor Michele was hospitalized on Sunday night due to a "health issue", as a spokesperson by the Imperial Palace said, maintaining the confidentiality during all the night and the day before to release in the evening more details. However, the grave words by the spokesperson revealed the seriousness of the event.
Despite the great concerns and the popular apprehension which lasted for hours, an official press announcement explaining in detail what happened was released by the Palace only in the Monday evening: His Majesty suffered a severe myocardial infarction around 11.45 pm while he was about to retire in his chambers and only the rapid intervention of the doctor of the Palace it made it possible to promptly identify the chest pain of cardiac origin and to urgently transport the Emperor to the Deodato II Polyclinic where it was possible to administer the very first care in record time.
A spontaneus popular reaction brough hudrends of citizens to the Polyclinic who crowded the parking and the closer streets, holding candles, little torches or just the lights of phones, driven by the desires to express their closeness to the Emperor and that several times were greeted from the windows of the Polyclining by the Crown Prince Alessandro, the Empress Margherita and the daughters of the Emperor who wanted to thank the crowd.
The Imperial Family greets the crowd
Actually, it is the emperor's second time in a hospital this year, although the first time he was hospitalized just for a medical treatment for extensive tests of his coronary arteries and which it was however announced with large advance.
The sudden emergency, beyond the apprehension by part of the population, it has also generated concern at the institutional level, given that the Cabinet, which gather in emergency meeting, found itself in difficulty, given that no prediction of an unexpected impediment by the Emperor was ever predisposed.
The Constitution, in fact, deals extensively with the themes of succession, about the minority age of the sovereign, about what to do in the absence of an heir and therefore regarding the rules concerning the establishment of a Regency, but nothing is written in case of temporary or permanent impediment of the emperor in charge.
A parliamentary debate it is expected to be held in the next days to deal with the situation and the National Alliance already declared to be ready to cooperate and assist the majority to find the better solution to face such a legal and constitutional vacuum and thus find a solution to assure a permanet continuity for the Imperial Dignity and the Imperial Institutional Role.