01/28/2021 18:46
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 01/28/2021 7:32 PM
The Fundación Poder Ciudadano, which represents Transparency International at the local level, announced in the last hours through a document
its repudiation
of the violation of human rights in Formosa, a province that Gildo Insfrán has governed since 1995, who has been consecutive terms in power.
In the text accessed by
Clarín
, Citizen Power raises
a series of
direct
questions
to the administration of Insfrán in the province, specifically in relation to the violation of human rights in the last year, in the framework of the Covid-19 pandemic , denounced by the opposition and denied by the national government.
Citizen Power carried out a
racconto
in which it described, since May, different situations that occurred in the province linked to the violation of human rights in times of pandemic.
For example, remember that
in May of last year the entry of
Formoseños
and Paraguayans in the town of Puerto Eva Perón, in the neighboring province, Chaco,
was denied
, leaving them on the border of both provinces, next to Route 11 to the outdoors, with chemical toilets and makeshift tents.
That event occurred days before President Alberto Fernández visits the province and declares that Insfrán is "one of the best politicians and human beings."
On August 31, Insfrán signed a socio-productive inclusion agreement with Daniel Arroyo, national minister of Social Development,
an agreement of almost $ 90 million that was part of the Empower Work program.
On October 22, the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights (APDH) presented a note to the Council for Comprehensive Attention to the Emergency in Formosa on
the situation of stranded people
.
A few days later, different testimonies began to reach the media about the health situation at the “Gran Guardia” center.
On November 6,
Amnesty International requested respect for Human Rights and the unconstitutionality of the Formosan process
of "orderly and administered entry" to the province, and they also met with Luis Naidenoff, who presented a collective and corrective Habeas Corpus on the situation of 250 people isolated in the Cinquantenaire Stadium.
On November 19, the National Supreme Court of Justice issued a ruling in the file "Lee, Carlos Roberto and another v / Council for Comprehensive Attention of the Covid-19 Emergency Province of Formosa s / amparo - collective amparo appeal" and indicates that "
The restrictions
established by the local authorities do not pass the reasonableness test established in article 28 of the National Constitution, by suppressing individual freedoms beyond what is tolerable."
After reviewing a series of meetings between Insfrán and authorities of the national government, Citizen Power reaches until January 15, citing that during that night
disturbances arose in the isolation center "Estadio Cincuentenario"
and those who pass their isolation there denounce poor conditions of overcrowding, safety, hygiene, health and social isolation ".
On January 19, Formosa councilors Celeste Ruíz Díaz (UCR) and Gabriela Neme (dissident Peronism) denounced the inhuman conditions of the isolation centers, Neme said that behind the indeterminate isolations there is
an economic motivation.
“By resolution 326 of the Superintendency of Health, when a person
is isolated, the nation transfers 10,000 pesos per day to the province for seven days
.
For each diagnosed, they pay him 19,700 pesos per day for 14 days.
And if they have to use a respirator, they pay 23,640 pesos per day for 14 days.
It was also denounced that in the Cinquantenaire Stadium
there are infected people and people who wait for their result without due distancing
.
In an interview in TN, Neme indicated that he
criminally
denounced
Insfrán and his Minister of Government Jorge Abel González
for overcrowding and "inhuman conditions"
in an isolation center.
On January 21,
councilors Celeste Ruíz Díaz and Gabriela Neme were
detained for approximately one hour
while they were peacefully demonstrating outside a school.
It generated the rejection of different opposition figures, among which the following stand out: Alejandra Lorden, Buenos Aires Deputy (UCR) and vice president of the national UCR;
Paula Olivetto President of the CC-ARI and Alfredo Cornejo, President of the National UCR.
Amnesty International in a letter addressed to Pietragalla demanded the release of Ruíz Díaz and Neme, also mentioning that "in recent weeks we received various complaints about strict quarantine measures in Health Care Centers (CAS)"
January 22,: The organizations Bases Republicanas and CADAL
asked the IACHR to issue a precautionary measure
that would oblige the Argentine State and the Province of Formosa to comply with the Human Rights standards established in the inter-American law.
Some of the cases reported in the precautionary court are mentioned below: The case of Benjamín Martínez and Marianela Merino, who belong to a Wichi community and had a son at the Las Lomitas Hospital on January 14, was announced, but he
had disappeared
.
The excuse they gave him from the hospital was that the newborn's health was delicate and that is why he was transferred to the City of Formosa.
Once the mother was discharged for delivery, she had to remain in isolation for testing positive for COVID-19 swabs until January 20, 2021.
Finally, the whereabouts of the baby
were found on January
21, 2021, who were
actually found in a hospital in that city, more than 300 km from where he was born
.
Only on 25-1 was he able to meet his son again.
The story of Elda Maricel Navarrete and the Uliambre family was also known, cases in which it is reported that due process was not followed with them and in Elda's case it is also highlighted that she was able to check on the official website of the Province of Formosa
had reported false information regarding the tests carried out on his son.
Finally, the case of a family is mentioned (the last name of the same is not detailed) which is made up of 9 people, they were swabbed 3 times and in all cases the result was negative and after being in isolation for 2 weeks
they were told that they had to stay for two more weeks without explanation.
The complaints were made by the lawyers Miguel and Juan Montoya - Councilor of the provincial Capital (UCR / FAF-Cambiemos) - before the Federal Court 2 of Formosa headed by María Belén López Macé, they highlighted that "
Justice does not resolve
because the magistrate he declares himself incompetent and goes to the Chamber that is made up of a single judge because another is on leave.
The House also declared itself incompetent;
we are filing a challenge. "
That day, Together for Change asked the IACHR to intervene in complaints about the violation of Human Rights in the isolation centers in Formosa.
The precautionary measure was presented by Luis Naidenoff and Mario Negri.
On January 23, the case of Zunilda Gómez was announced, who
lost a
three and a half month
pregnancy
due to the stress generated by her mandatory isolation for being alleged close contact with a positive case of COVID-19.
Both she and her partner reported that they could never see the results of their swabs, they only reported them verbally.
His partner claimed a copy of his medical record at the Hospital and was told the search
was lost
.
The National PJ, meanwhile, issued a statement on the situation in Formosa called "Human life: fundamental value and limit to lies" where they highlight that Formosa "stands out especially for the health indicators achieved in defense of its population.
The health policy deployed by the provincial government managed to have the least amount of infections and the least amount of deaths from COVID-19 in the Argentine Republic ”and that also suffers from a“ fierce political and media campaign ”that cannot have“ a health concern, much less an interest in the welfare of the people of Formosa ”.
On January 25, a video of a girl whose body temperature was taken through a gate,
similar to that of a prison
, went viral
.
January 26, 2021: The president of the National Committee for the Prevention of Torture, Juan Manuel Irrazábal and the secretary of Human Rights Horacio Pietragalla will visit the province of Formosa on the 27th, following the complaints of violation of Human Rights.
The opposition and local journalists warned that the tour that the officials will take was
"a setup."
In addition, two videos have been leaked in which quarantined people are seen
leaving
the Cinquantenaire Stadium.
On the other hand, they mention that in that establishment the mattresses were changed and only 15 people remained (
140 people were registered
and the rest were referred to different centers).
Gabriela Neme tweeted a photo showing people who were at the Cinquantenaire Stadium and were transferred to the Evita Hospital.
All the Formosa mayors supported the management of the Insfrán pandemic, among which are 3 from the UCR.
Formosa national senator (and head of the FdT bench) José Mayans defended the management of the pandemic and said that in a pandemic there are no rights.
The complete sentence was “You have the right, but not in a pandemic.
The Penal Code is clear, that you cannot infect people.
This is preventive isolation, it's ten days or fourteen days until they have a negative swab.
It is to protect ”.
The ruling party in the National Congress will not support the opposition's requests to intervene Formosa or the request for different officials to appear in Congress to give explanations.
A video went viral in which a woman tells a police officer that she does not understand why after
21 days of isolation and 4 negative swabs she cannot leave the establishment
.
The incident occurred at school 224 in the Barrio Obrero in the city of Formosa.
In the video it is seen that another policeman is filming the woman who records the video.
On January 27, the Institutional Violence Prosecutor's Office (PROCUVIN) submitted a request for a report to the province's chief of staff.
Yesterday, also, the interblock of National Deputies of Together for Change, asked the president of the Chamber to Create a delegation of Legislators to travel to the province of Formosa.
Amnesty International requested a meeting with Pietragalla by letter stating that they would like to provide him with more details about the human rights violations in the isolation centers of Formosa
