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Doubts about a law that requires the use of the Stayaway Covid application in certain contexts (work, school and academic, in the Armed and Security Forces and in the public administration as a whole) continue to increase, with several voices criticizing the Initiative governmental. Now, it is the President of the Republic who plans to send a possible law in this regard to the Constitutional Court.
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“In a case where there are possibly doubts, not completely clarified, at the time of the parliamentary debate and with respect to the parliamentary debate, I prefer a thousand times to ask the Constitutional Court to clarify once and for all, to move forward with a decision that carries a controversy that will last for months and in which there may be different decisions, whether administrative or from different courts.“Said Marcelo on the sidelines of an online Solidarity Auction.
It is “grotesque”, “unacceptable” and raises “serious questions”. Can the government force you to use the tracking app?
The Government Law proposal, which has already been presented to Parliament, aims to establish the mandatory use of the application in the workplace or similar, school and academic – for all those who have mobile phones that allow it – and non-compliance may , if the Assembly of the Republic legislate accordingly, giving rise to fines of between 100 and 500 euros. The requirement must cover “in particular workers in public functions, employees and agents of the Public Administration, including the state, regional and local business sector, professionals of the Armed Forces and security forces.”
