07/22/2021 12:34 PM
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 07/22/2021 12:34 PM
The long email that
Cecilia Nicolini
, the adviser to President Alberto Fernández, sent two weeks ago to Anatoly Braverman, the right-hand man of the head of
the Russian Direct Investment Fund
, to complain about the delay in the delivery of second doses of the
Sputnik V
vaccine
has several key passages.
These are the main ones:
In principle, the letter reveals the
problems that the
Argentine
State
has with
component two of the Russian vaccine
, essential to inoculate the millions of Argentines who have applied the first dose, including many from risk groups. "As I mentioned to you today, we are in a very critical situation. We were hopeful that, after the conversation that you, Carla, Kirill and I had a couple of weeks ago, things were going to get better. But they have gotten worse." Nicolini points out in his letter.
In addition, the text reveals that
geopolitical decisions were privileged
in the contract with the Russian State
, more than the health strategy, because it occurred at a time when negotiations with laboratories of American origin, including Pfizer, were ruled out, because the The government refused to modify the vaccine law in the sense requested by that company. Nicolini reminds his interlocutor that the Russian delay forced him to change that original political strategy, when he tells him that Alberto Fernández signed a DNU that allows "signing contracts with American companies and receiving donations from the United States."
At the same time, the email also shows the
problems in which
the local manufacture of Sputnik V vaccines in Argentina
is involved
- and those contradictions could be maintained. "We had been told that this process could take between 10 and 15 days. It is July 7 and it is not ready yet and it will not be ready by July 9, as the President kindly requested, taking into account the days that are needed" says Nicolini regarding the Russian approval of the vaccines manufactured in Argentina by the Richmond laboratory.
The text also makes clear the
concern of Alberto Fernández officials
about the legal consequences that they could have from having signed unfulfilled contracts and that, in some cases, they do not include penalties or compensation.
"As I also mentioned once, we are enduring legal persecution as public officials due to these delays, putting our government at risk," says Nicolini.
In this sense, it is possible to mention the cause that the Justice is investigating for the delay in the deliveries of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
According to official data, 9,375,670 doses of component 1 and 2,493,160 of component 2 were applied in the country. Thus,
6,882,510 people are waiting to complete
the vaccination
schedule
.
