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The Departmental Rural Magisterium of La Paz gave the Government 24 hours to repeal Supreme Decree 4641 —which provides the vaccination card to enter public and private institutions— because it considers it unconstitutional; otherwise, warn with starting mobilizations. In addition, the head of MAS Evo Morales declared an unpleasant person for telling them to leave the educational units if they are not willing to start face-to-face classes.
“We have a New Year’s gift from the Government with the approval of Supreme Decrees 4640 and 4641, which unfortunately violates our Constitution and as Magisterium we ask for the immediate repeal of Decree 4641 during the day, otherwise the population will be forced to march in the streets and convulse the country, we also ask for the dismissal of the Minister of Health (Jeyson Auza) and his vice ministers ”, warned this Tuesday the leader of the Rural Teachers of La Paz, Ruddy Callisaya.
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The representative said that it cannot be that a decree is above Law 1359, which states that no citizen can be subjected to the mandatory vaccination, in that sense he observed that different entities such as banks require the vaccination card, which it causes the population to be unable to collect their bonuses, rents or pay for basic services, among others.
“We are not against vaccination, every human being has the right to decide what to do with his human body and we as parents also have the right to decide for our children and the State cannot decide what to do with our bodies,” he questioned .
In a joint conference, the president of the pro-city El Alto Civic Committee, Gregorio Gómez, stated that they will not be “accomplices” in something that they consider is not good for the population.
“There are different sectors that are joining this fight in defense of life, we are lawyers, miners, teachers, unions, retirees, parents, therefore, we ask for the immediate repeal of decree 46421 and the resignation of the Minister of Health, for not reaching a consensus with the population. We give them two paths: repeal and resignation, otherwise we are going to go out and mobilize, ”said Gómez.
Ungrateful person
Callisaya affirmed that in the Departmental Rural Teachers of La Paz they are upset against Morales, for the recent statements of defiance to the Bolivian Magisterium, arguing that they should leave the educational units if they do not agree to start face-to-face classes.
“We tell this gentleman (Evo Morales) to inform himself, because we have been having face-to-face classes in the 20 provinces since the beginning of classes, that is why we declare former president Evo Morales a person not pleasant, in addition to that he cannot exercise with tyranny , because it does not represent us. Faced with such statements, in the next few hours we are going to make drastic decisions, therefore, the Rural Teachers declare that we are up in the fight ”, he warned.
At the weekend, at a meeting in the Tropic of Cochabamba, Morales warned that if a teacher does not want to work in person due to the pandemic, “better go.”
He also said that teachers are “well paid” and that they should not blackmail claiming that “there is coronavirus and I cannot get sick.”