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The president of the Senate Health commission, Rabindranath Quinteros (PS), requested through a letter to the Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency to make transparent who is part of the President’s advisory committee on COVID matters.
In the opinion of the parliamentarian, “presenting this committee to public opinion is an act of transparency, which would alleviate the pressure and the rumors that exist regarding who are the people who, in practice, decide the course of the strategies that are applied. to the population”.
Quinteros pointed out that Chile faces a new month “full of uncertainties and fears on the part of the citizens in the face of the expansion of the Covid, in which the increase in the numbers of infected and deceased, the growing lack of critical beds and the application of measures preventive measures that are less and less efficient in their execution and control, make up a panorama that not even the successful vaccination process has managed to contain ”.
The senator for Los Lagos added that in the midst of the crisis, various sectors, such as Colmed, have expressed doubts about the formation of the President’s advisory committee on the matter, pointing out “that they know us and that it is a mystery who is advising the Leader”.
“On that basis, I have asked the General Ministry of the Presidency to make public the information on the components of said committee; its scope of competences in health, economic and social matters; their relationship with ministerial and service authorities, and their consultative or decision-making role, ”explained the senator for Los Lagos.
The president of the Health Commission of the Upper House stressed that “today more than ever, the country needs certainties and assurances. Making this information transparent contributes to advancing on this path ”.
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