The situation in the permanent specialized commissions is no exception, few use masks.
In the plenary session of the National Assembly, not all legislators wear protective masks to avoid COVID-19 infections. Relaxation is experienced in the face of the pandemic.
Added to this is the fact that the majority of assembly members who give interviews to the media or also those who pose for photographs remove their masks without the greatest care.
While the Government Health authorities and the national COE make daily calls to citizens to observe biosecurity, such as hand washing, social distancing, use of gel-alcohol and privilege open to closed sites because of coronavirus infections remain.
Biosafety measures in the legislature have been lowered in recent weeks. At the entrance to the building a person takes the temperature and everyone accesses the Legislative. The medical brigades that initially remained at the access doors are gone.
No political sector that acts in the legislature maintains discipline in the face of COVID-19, including the president of the Assembly, Guadalupe Llori, the mouthpiece is withdrawn in the legislature where more than 137 people remain many times.
This October 9, while the representatives of the pro-life and women’s organizations were received in general commission for the processing in the first debate of the bill that guarantees abortion in case of rape, it was not the exception that legislators do not wear a mask .
There is a health and safety brigade dedicated to monitoring the use of the mask, but also their calls for attention do not work, many of the responses they receive from legislators is that they are already vaccinated or they just took off the mask to drink water . The justifications emerge.
At the beginning of the installation of the legislative period, there were personnel dedicated to placing alcohol on the hands of people who visit the legislature, now that service is no longer provided.
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Face-to-face work in the commissions is not the exception either, there are legislators who do not wear masks while they are gathered and the chairs between one and the other are less than 1.50 meters apart, as provided by the Health authorities.
On November 27, the day the National Assembly failed to archive or deny the urgent project on tax reform, legislator Juan Fernando Flores (CREO) reported on his social networks that he tested positive for COVID-19 along with a member of his team, despite having both doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. He announced that they will proceed to isolate themselves.
On November 28, Flores, on his Twitter account, posted a thank you to the followers for the messages about advice and blessings, and noted: “The vaccine has been essential to face COVID-19 more strongly and reduce symptoms, Get vaccinated, if you haven’t already, and take care of yourself, if you have already done it ”.
Twelve days later, on December 9, the official legislator, like other co-leaders, was in the Legislature without a mask while he received delegations from the pro-life sectors, and women’s organizations, for the first debate on the project. of Law that guarantees abortion for rape.
It was also known that in the Control Commission there was an alert for contagion of COVID-19, that PCR tests were requested, they had to be isolated until the results were obtained. (I)
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