The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN) reserved information on contracts to obtain vaccines against COVID-19, as well as proof of payment, for up to 5 years.
By resolving two appeals for review (RRSN 6/2021) and (RRSN 3/2021), the plenary session of the court It considered that its disclosure “may put national security at risk.”
“By hindering or blocking actions aimed at preventing or combating pandemics in the country. For this reason, this information must be classified as reserved for a period of 5 years, without this preventing the disclosure of a public version,” he said about the agreements with Pfizer, AstraZeneca, CanSino, Sputnik, Serum and Sinovac.
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As with the contracting conditions, the majority of the ministers resolved that the respective payment receipts should be classified as reserved information also for 5 years, for the same reasons.
In 2021, the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca-Oxford and CanSino, with whom the federal government had pre-purchase agreements for vaccines against COVID-19, included specific clauses in said agreements to prevent their content from coming to light.
We respect the decision of the Court: INAI
After learning of the Court’s ruling, the National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI) announced that the agency’s commissioners sought the opening of information as it is a constitutional obligation, but that they will respect the decision.
“Faced with the challenge that access to information meant in the development of the pandemic, the INAI Plenary privileged the opening of information, favoring the principle of maximum publicity and accountability, above possible interests or factors. external, especially when it comes to contracts paid with public resources, which are even considered an obligation of transparency,” he said.
🔶 INAI guaranteed maximum publicity and accountability on contracts for #COVID; however, it respects the ruling of the @SCJN.#INAIalMomento https://t.co/Ipyzk3iuAp pic.twitter.com/m7ytSTg93f
– INAI (@INAImexico) May 16, 2022
The INAI assured that it will remain attentive to the notification of the sentences, to “analyze and know in detail its content and the arguments that led the Supreme Court to resolve in that regard.”
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