Justice suspends public tender test of Rio Firefighters

The Justice of Rio de Janeiro determined the suspension of the public tender test to fill soldier positions in the Military Fire Department because the public notice required delivery of an HIV serology test. The test was scheduled for Sunday (30). The decision also orders the State of Rio de Janeiro and the Social Institute for Universal Development (IUDS), organizer of the selection, to reopen the contest registrations for a minimum period of five days. The decision complies with the request of the 5th Public Prosecutor’s Office for Collective Guardianship for the Defense of Citizenship in the Capital, with the support of the Núcleo de Articulação e Integração. suppressing the requirement to deliver the exam “The conduct of the administration is unreasonable and segregating, in dissonance with the principle of the dignity of the human person”, highlights the magistrate in the decision. Public civil action The decision complies with the request of the Public Ministry of the State of Rio de Janeiro (MPRJ), which filed a public civil action for the state and the IUDS to suspend the requirement of the serology test for HIV, contained in the invitation to tender, and for the test to be suspended and enrollment reopened, as candidates could have stopped enrolling due to the requirement. According to the document, the delivery of the exam results, as a mandatory requirement for the admission of candidates to the public positions in question, is a discriminatory act and, therefore, unconstitutional. This Thursday (27), the 5th Public Prosecutor’s Office for Collective Guardianship for the Defense of Citizenship in the Capital, obtained an injunction determining the suspension of the examination requirement, but the request for suspension of the contest and reopening of registrations had been denied.

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