This question was answered by the deputy of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis Doniyor Ganiev.
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"Tomorrow's plenary session of the Legislative Chamber will discuss the work being done in the field of vaccination against coronavirus infection at the suggestion of the Committee on Public Health. The head of the Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance and Public Health Service Bahodir Yusupaliyev will report at the plenary session.
The Legislative Chamber is also expected to recommend to the Republican Special Commission for Coronavirus Control that a number of segments of the population (13 different segments) be vaccinated against coronavirus.
Today, at a meeting of the UzLiDeP faction, this issue was discussed and I expressed a number of objections to the decision. In particular, does the “mass vaccination” recommended for certain segments of the population mean that vaccination is mandatory for those members of the population? If this means that vaccination is mandatory, what is the mechanism for its implementation? Are there any fines, restrictions or penalties for refusing to vaccinate? Unfortunately, I did not get a satisfactory answer to any of these questions.
Furthermore, how appropriate is it to authorize the Special Commission to carry out compulsory immunization measures without clear mechanisms? Tomorrow, who will guarantee that the decisions of the Central Committee will not be misinterpreted by the executors, who will "bring the head"?
I understand that emergencies require the adoption of emergency decisions, but these decisions must first be made without violating constitutional norms.
Personally, I am in favor of increasing the rate of vaccination among the population. However, I am not in favor of this being done through direct coercion and the imposition of fines or penalties on those who do not receive the vaccine. On the contrary, as I have said before, it is necessary to stimulate the process of vaccination among the population and to include additional incentives and restrictions.
For example, first of all, citizens should be offered a choice of 2-3 different types of vaccines.
Second, vaccine recipients can be given the opportunity to win valuable paid prizes or benefit from services that are relevant to everyone.
Third, vaccine recipients may be offered additional days off.
In terms of restrictions, citizens over the age of 18 who have not been vaccinated by the deadline may be denied domestic air and train services or banned from attending public places and events, such as sports, concerts, and movies.
It is also possible to restrict the provision of non-essential public services to citizens over the age of 18 who have not been vaccinated, or to allow commercial and paid services to be staffed only by vaccinated employees. In other words, mass vaccination should be achieved not by forcing citizens directly, but by making them interested in vaccination.
PS Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems to me that the decision of the Chamber, which is expected to be adopted tomorrow, is being promoted as "insurance". That is, if the decision to make vaccination compulsory causes strong public outcry, it is as if the initiative for compulsory vaccination was proposed by the people's representatives and all of them can be blamed on the deputies.
