Jasmine Bullorini
02/11/2021 2:41 PM
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 02/11/2021 15:05
The positive Covid result of the radical deputy
Gustavo Menna
- who had suffered the disease weeks ago and had a medical discharge - opened the debate on the operating protocol and forced the three block presidents of Together for Change to follow the session from their offices.
"Without panic and in order to bring peace of mind: a colleague who was discharged 10 days ago, was with us in a meeting yesterday afternoon. Now he has tested positive for saliva. The medical body is in charge of doing him other. But those of us who were with him,
we are going to move to the office as a precaution, "
announced the head of the JxC interblock
Mario Negri.
Immediately afterwards, the president of the body Sergio Massa put to vote the authorization for both Negri and his PRO
counterpart
,
Cristian Ritondo
and the Civic Coalition,
Juan López
, and the rest of the legislators who had been with Menna at the meeting on day before they can connect remotely from their offices.
There was a murmur in the room and the former governor and deputy of the Frente de Todos, Sergio Casas, asked to speak.
"We regret this situation, but I think it would have to call us to reflect. There are many kilometers we do to come in person. The people of La Rioja already do the traditional PCR by swabbing. Yesterday we were with Menna, we greeted each other, but we are in We are all at risk because we return to our provinces and we have to bear that responsibility.
It would be good to introduce changes so that it can operate remotely, "he
said.
Along the same lines, the official Aldo Levia joined: "It is a situation that affects us who live in the Interior. In my case I had a PCR before yesterday and another when I landed in Ezeiza. And it happens that
the flights do not coincide with days and times of the session and it causes us inconveniences
. I could not participate in the commission yesterday because I was traveling, "he said and considered that the virtual protocol" deserves to be analyzed. "
From Together for Change -block that always requested presence- they crossed the ruling party.
"Stop exploiting these cases. There have been infections, there may be others. Weren't there any contagions between truck drivers or supermarket cashiers? I am ashamed of these reasoning from the little plane. I already know that I am from Capital and have that facility. But we are deputies. The first Congress of Tucuman was crossed on horseback, cart, as it was possible, "complained Fernando Iglesias (PRO).
In the radical block they clarified that Menna had Covid, was discharged 14 days ago and traveled from Chubut with the epidemiological discharge.
In turn, they pointed out that the medical explanation is that all those who had coronavirus have for several days, up to a month, the virus in a residual way, but that it cannot spread.
In any case, both Menna and her close contacts withdrew from the venue to participate in the session virtually.
Among them, Miguel Bazze, Carla Carrizo and Mariana Stilman also withdrew.
The day before, all of them had participated, along with Menna, in a meeting with political transparency NGOs to discuss the implementation of the single paper ballot.
We met with representatives of @SerFiscal and @CIPPEC to talk about the need to move forward with the #BoletaUnicaPapel as a mechanism, which in addition to saving resources and making electoral competition transparent, avoids crowds and manipulation of paper @alfredocornejo pic.twitter.com/PaPnOcdczb
- Gustavo Menna (@gustamenna) February 10, 2021