Emails received from sheet show that the Ministry of Health in the government of Jair Bolsonaro has officially negotiated the sale of vaccines with representatives of Davati Medical Supply. One company spokesman said in sheet who was asked for a bribe of $ 1 per dose in exchange for signing a contract.
The messages for the talks were exchanged between Roberto Ferreira Diaz, director of logistics for the ministry, Herman Cardenas, who serves as the company’s CEO, and Cristiano Alberto Carvalho, who introduces himself as her attorney.
Diaz himself sends an email mentioning a meeting about this. He is appointed as the author of the bribe request – his rehabilitation Ministry of Health was announced on Tuesday night (29) after being exposed Sheet.
One of the emails was sent at 8:50 am on February 26 this year through the functional address of Diaz: “roberto.dias@saude.gov.br” and “dlog@saude.gov.br” – “dlog” – that’s what the department is called logistics.
In an interview, Cardenas said it had offered 400 million doses of Astrazeneca vaccine, citing company spokesman Luis Paulo Domingetti Pereira. “I’m looking forward to getting vaccines for your country,” he says.
IN interview with sheetDomingetti said he had dinner with Roberto Diaz the previous morning at Vasto restaurant in Brasília Shopping, Brasilia, when he heard, he said, a request for a bribe of $ 1 for an agreed dose of vaccine.
“He told me that he wouldn’t advance in the ministry if we didn’t join the group, that there is a group that would only work within the ministry, if we had something else, we would have to add value to the vaccine, which the vaccine will have a different value than the proposal we were proposing, ”he said sheet representative of the company.
According to him, the contract was not signed because the company refused to bribe.
Another post reinforces Domingetti’s account. According to him, in the afternoon of the 26th, the Ministry of Health established an official schedule for discussing the purchase. The email was sent by the logistics department at 10:50 am, shortly after the email suggesting an appointment.
“This ministry expresses its full interest in purchasing vaccines while meeting all the necessary requirements. Therefore, we would like to check the possibility of making an appointment today at 15:00 at the Department of Health Logistics. “
In an interview with sheetDomingetti spoke in detail about this meeting. “It [Dias] he told me, “It’s in the room over there.” And put me there in the next room. He told me he had a meeting. After that, they called me and asked if I was going to fix everything. Then I said: no, there is no way out. “
“It’s inside the ministry. Then they called me, said they would contact Dawati to try to get the vaccine, and never again. Then we tried in other ways, we tried to talk to Elsio Franco, we explained the situation for him. Besides, it didn’t do any good. Nobody wanted a vaccine, ”he said.
Diaz was nominated for this position by MP Ricardo Barros (PP-PR), leader of Jair Bolsonaro’s government in the Chamber. clays care statement.
Diaz himself sends an email to representatives on March 1st. In the post, he says the Brazilian government appreciates the company’s focus on Brazil’s need for vaccines.
He mentions a previous meeting between them and asks for a document linking Dawati as Astrazeneca’s representative in Brazil. He then adds that from that point on, they could move on because the company’s sales pitch seemed good compared to others.
On March 3, the company’s attorney, Cristiano Alberto Carvalho, announced that the requested document had already been sent to Diaz and his then advisor, Marcelo Blanco.
Wanted sheetDiaz didn’t answer calls. Domingetti is due to testify this Friday CPI Covid, which decided to call him after the accusations he made against the newspaper.
After the vaccine doses were mentioned as the target of the negotiations, AstraZeneca said in a note that it does not work with intermediaries in Brazil and does not make the vaccine available on the private market. According to the company, all agreements are made through Fiocruz and the federal government.
Suspicions about the purchase of vaccines arose in connection with the purchase of the Indian vaccine Covaxin, when sheet revealed on the last day 18 content Luis Ricardo Miranda, a public servant of the Ministry of Health, confidential testimony to the Federal Ministry of Statewho reported “unusual” pressure to free imports of Covaxin.
Since the case has become a priority of the CPI Covid in the Senate… The Commission suspects the vaccination contract as it was closed in record time, while all data have not yet been published for the immunizing agentand predict the maximum value per dose, about R $ 80 (or US $ 15 per dose).
Months earlier, the ministry had already rejected offers for vaccines cheaper than Covaxin and already approved in other countries such as Pfizer (which cost $ 10).
The crisis reached the Palácio do Planalto after Federal MP Luis Miranda (DEM-DF), brother of the health server, reported that in March they warned the president of violations… According to the congressman, Bolsonaro would reply that he would call the federal police to initiate an investigation.
CPI, however, investigated and found that no requests had been received from PF to this effect. Speaking on the topic, Bolsonaro first said that now the federal police will start an investigation to investigate the suspicions, and then said that “there is no way to find out what is happening in the ministries.”…
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Health decided to suspend contract with Need Medicines for 20 million doses of covaxin… According to members of the folder, the current decision is to suspend until there is a new opinion on the case. However, the folder is already evaluating the possibility of termination of the contract.
This Monday (28) sheet it was also revealed that the lawyer of the deputy Ricardo Barros acted as a legal representative Chinese vaccine invitation in Brazil, including attending a meeting with Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency).
Lawyer Flavio Pansieri, partner of Barros’ son-in-law until March this year, attended a meeting with Anvisa on April 30 last year. According to the agency’s website, the agenda for the meeting was “updates on IVB vaccine development. [Instituto Vital Brazil] & Belcher & CanSinoBio for emergency use of Anvisa. “
Members CPI Covid Wants To Investigate Convidecia Negotiations With Ministry Of Health… Belcher Pharmaceuticals, headquartered in Maringa (PR), acted as representative in the country CanSino Biologics Laboratory in Brazil, responsible for an immunizing agent.
Not last Sunday (27) Barros issued a note for citation MP Luis Miranda (DEM-DF) em CPI Covid certificate as a deputy advocating the purchase of vaccines at inflated prices. To defend himself, the leader of the government submitted a full preliminary defense to the Federal Court. The document was signed by Pansieri.
The lawyer also took over the defense of Barros in the STF (Supreme Federal Court) after the lawmaker was convicted by the heads of the construction company Galvão Engenharia.
In addition to protecting Barros, Pansieri accompanied the leader of the government during a meeting with President Jair Bolsonaro at the Planalto Palace on February 24, during the inauguration of the deputy center João Roma (Republicanos-BA) as Minister of Citizenship.
Collaborated with Natalia Kanchyan
