El french government, who a dozen days ago had pointed out that the Serbian Novak Djokovicwill be able to participate in the Roland Garros tournament even if he was not vaccinated, he has rectified and warns that all those who compete will have to have the complete guideline, just as the public and the professionals involved will be required to do.
The rectification came from the hand of the Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, on the night from Sunday to Monday, hours after Parliament definitively adopted the bill that will impose a vaccination certificate for many social activities, including attending sporting events.
Be mandatory to enter spaces already subject to the health passport (stadiums, theaters or halls) for all spectators, practitioners, professionals, French or foreign
In a message on his Twitter account, Maracineanu confirmed that this health certificate has been adopted, so that “since the law is enacted, it will be mandatory to enter spaces already subject to the health passport (stadiums, theaters or halls) to all spectators, practitioners, professionals, French or foreign”.
Justified rectification
The minister took the opportunity to thank the sports movement for its action in “conviction of the last few unvaccinated” and insisted that both now intend to work together to “preserve the competitions” and promote the vaccination passport “at the international level”.
It had been Maracineanu herself who last january 7, in the midst of the political and judicial dispute in Australia over the presence of Djokovic despite his refusal to be vaccinated, had pointed out that the Serbian did could participate in Roland Garros, scheduled between the end of May and the beginning of June.
The French head of Sports argued then that France would apply an exception to the obligation of the vaccination certificate to athletes in international competitions, so that the new French regulations will not apply to them and they will be able to compete even without being immunized.
He justified it with the argument that in international competitions the “mandatory protocols imposed by the federations” which, as he hinted, would be above French regulations.
A new bill
Keep in mind that, unlike what happens in Australia, to enter France you do not necessarily have to have the complete vaccination schedule. You can arrive in the country with a health passport that proves you have a negative test instead.
The president of Serbia speaks of “torture” to Djokovic
Nevertheless, the bill on the vaccination certificate that should come into force at the end of this week (it is still pending an appeal before the Constitutional Council) is going to impose it to have a drink in a bar or a restaurant, to go to the cinema, a show or a stadium, but also to use long-distance public transport (buses , trains, airplanes or ships).
Three wings without stepping on Australia
The Australian Government has confirmed, through the Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews, that the tennis player will not have the option of obtaining a visa for the next three years. In this way the Serbian’s adventure in a ‘Grand Slam’ that he has won nine times, more than anyone else in the history of the tournament, ends.
Djokovic’s sanction could be reduced if the right circumstances are given
The first Minister Scott Morrison He has qualified the words of his colleague and has affirmed that “the sanction could be reduced if the correct circumstances occur”. That happens by getting vaccinated, something that the Serbian player does not contemplate right now.
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