The lawsuit was immediately disqualified by the Minister of Justice, Iván Lima, who insisted on the official argument that vaccination remains voluntary and that those who do not have an immunization card can alternatively submit a PCR test.
The demand for popular action – an appeal that requires the authorities to comply with the Constitution – was presented by the president of the Association of Evangelical Churches, Luis Aruquipa, former union leader Jaime Solares, two doctors known for using chlorine dioxide to combat Covid-19 – a scientifically unproven treatment that has had fatal consequences – and a civic committee from the city of El Alto, said Justinian.
The lawyer defended the judicial appeal because he argued that the requirement of a vaccination card would constitute in practice a way to force immunization, which he considered contrary to constitutional norms that protect the right of citizens to decide on health issues.
“We are defending the freedom of the people, the freedom of worship and the freedom of disposition of each person over his body, in addition to the right to access services such as banks and hospitals without the need for any vaccination card,” Justiniano said.
The demand for a vaccination card also violates the right to work of the unvaccinated, he stressed and maintained that he expected the hearing on the claim to be held no later than next week in a constitutional court in La Paz.
The government reacted immediately.
Minister Lima assured that the decrees on the vaccination card conform “strictly” to the Constitution and protect the collective right to health without affecting individual freedoms, according to the state news agency ABI.
Despite some criticism from anti-vaccine sectors, the measure caused a sharp increase in demand for inoculants and Covid-19 tests.
“We think that there are no legal constitutional arguments and there are a series of fallacies, lies, half-truths that do not apply and that will definitely be answered by the national government in all courts where we are summoned,” said Lima.
He reiterated that vaccination is voluntary and has already been accepted by the majority of the Bolivian population “despite the campaign by groups that in isolation are seeking to confuse, misrepresent and show realities that do not exist.”
The requirement for a vaccination card or negative PCR test for Covid-19 to access public places or places of concentration of people has been in force since January 1, as an emergency response to the explosion of a fourth wave of infections with the new coronavirus.
In this new wave of coronavirus in the Andean region, Bolivia leads the rise in new cases in relation to its number of inhabitants.
So last Thursday the Government of Bolivia declared a health emergency at the national level, In an attempt to ensure that there is no shortage of medicines and health sector supplies or dramatically raising their prices in the face of a new outbreak of coronavirus infections that seems to have no end.
This Tuesday, the American John Hopkins University reported that 11,281 new cases were registered in Bolivia, an increase of 45.49% in relation to five days ago, and 41 deaths due to the disease.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Bolivia has recorded 622,000 registered cases and 19,763 deaths.
Source From: Ambito
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