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South Africa’s main opposition party will file a complaint against Finance Minister Tito Mboweni for allegedly misleading the legislature about paying the country to sign. until the global Covax program, which consists of acquiring and distributing Covid-19 vaccines.
The Democratic Alliance will submit the complaint to the parliament’s ethics committee after Mboweni told lawmakers that the government would make an initial payment to Covax by December 15, party leader John Steenhuisen told reporters in Cape Town on Friday. .
“The point is that this deposit has not been paid and the government has not indicated whether it is in negotiation with any other vaccine supplier,” Steenhuisen said.
South Africa, the country most affected in Africa by the coronavirus, did not meet the deadline to make a deposit to ensure vaccines and has not provided a guarantee to make the full payment.
The Solidarity Fund, a philanthropic organization backed by some of the richest people and largest companies in the country, said Thursday that it will pay a deposit of R327 million ($ 22 million) in the coming days after the government failed to do so. did.
The party has also made a legal request for the government to give full disclosure about its plans to store and distribute any Covid-19 vaccines, Steenhuisen said.
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