The above is part of the report agreed by the special commission that investigated the handling of the pandemic by Government.
Tell President Nayib Bukele to dismiss him Minister of Public Health, Francisco Alabi, It is the main conclusion made by the deputies of the special commission that analyzed the administration that the government did of the emergency derived from the pandemic by COVID-19, after concluding the mandate of this instance.
The recommendation comes after finding several irregularities such as lack of transparency and conflict of interest, as the commission corroborated through the Minister of Tourism, Bruna Valdez, that a relative of the Minister of Health was hired by Tourism to rent premises which served as containment centers, following the favorable recommendation of the Ministry of Health.
The special commission ruled yesterday to issue a report stating that there was no comprehensive pandemic management plan in its critical phase and if there was it was not publicly known.
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They point out that the government did not transparently handle statistical data on deaths and cases of COVID-19 and the amount of tests performed on the population.
They concluded that of the $ 25 million loan that Social Security transferred to teams at the new El Salvador Hospital, the manner in which these funds will be reimbursed to the ISSS is not defined, although Alabi mention at the time that the payment would be in pediatric services at Benjamin Bloom Children’s Hospital which Social Security does not provide.
In addition, they urge ministers, deputy ministers and other officials of the executive body to “stop blocking epidemiological public information”; and they ask the Minister of Health to carry out technical health work, “away from any political inclination that is detrimental to the human rights of Salvadorans.”
The Special Commission sent the report to the Prosecutor’s Office, the Government Ethics Court, Human Rights Watch, and the United States Congress and Senate.