Brazil's Comptroller General's Office (CGU) decides to remove the confidentiality of Jair Bolsonaro's vaccination card.
The agency will release Bolsonaro's vaccination card after an investigation into the possible insertion of false data into the Ministry of Health's system.
Brazil Agency - The Comptroller General of the Union (CGU) decided, this Monday (13), to authorize the disclosure of the vaccination card of former president Jair Bolsonaro.
The agency accepted an appeal challenging the refusal to disclose the date, location, manufacturing laboratory, and names of vaccines that were administered and are listed on the former president's vaccination card.
“The decision was based on the fact that the information regarding the vaccination status of the former President of the Republic was made public by himself, so the protection conferred by article 31, §1, item I of Law No. 12.527/2011 (LAI) does not apply to the subject of the request. Therefore, it is concluded that access to the requested personal information is compatible with the purpose for which the personal data was made public by the holder himself,” argues the CGU.
With the decision from the Comptroller General's Office (CGU), the Ministry of Health must disclose whether or not former President Bolsonaro was vaccinated against COVID-19. If records exist, the ministry is obligated to provide the date, location, manufacturing laboratory, and the name of the vaccine administered. Bolsonaro has stated on several occasions that he was not vaccinated.
The information can only be provided by the ministry after the conclusion of the Summary Preliminary Investigation (IPS). The CGU is investigating whether false data was entered into the Ministry of Health's systems.
In the previous administration, former President Jair Bolsonaro imposed secrecy on the disclosure of his vaccination card. The argument was that it was personal and private information. In one of his first acts, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ordered the Comptroller General's Office (CGU) to review the secrecy measures applied by Bolsonaro, such as those concerning his vaccination card, corporate credit card expenses, and the administrative process regarding General Eduardo Pazuello's participation in a political event in Rio de Janeiro.