Fux’s agenda for the action of November 17 on the purchase of vaccines by the government | Politics

The trial began on Friday (4), in a virtual plenary session, but was interrupted by a prominent request from Fux, who considered the matter too complex to be examined without public debate.

Reporting on the actions, Minister Ricardo Lewandowski voted to force the Health Ministry to present, within 30 days, details of its strategies to guarantee “the immunization of the entire population.”

According to the minister, the plan must detail the actions, projects and alliances of the government and detail the schedules and financial resources necessary to offer vaccines in a “timely, universal and free” manner, according to technical and scientific criteria.

The rapporteur also said that the plan must be updated monthly, at least until December 2021, with periodic presentations to the National Congress “for inspection and control purposes”, in which it will be assisted by the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU).

The future purchase of vaccines by the government was prosecuted after President Jair Bolsonaro said that he had prohibited the purchase of 46 million doses of CoronaVac, produced by the Chinese laboratory Sinovac in alliance with the Butantan Institute. The body is linked to the São Paulo state government, headed by João Doria (PSDB), who has plans to run for president in 2022 and is unhappy with Bolsonaro.

In the vote, Lewandowski affirmed that the government cannot reject vaccines “based on political, partisan or ideological criteria, nor discriminate against them solely because of their origin, and it is not legal to give up any immunizer that may be effective and safe.” “.

Lewandowski also said that the judiciary, as a general rule, should not impose the implementation of public policies, but that “doubts about the future universal access to vaccines” require that the Supreme Court “resist the omissions of other powers of the State” . .

“Therefore, with the health of the entire Brazilian population at stake, in times of great anguish and perplexity, the duty of the State to guide its actions in accordance with technical, scientific and strategic evidence looms more than ever.”