This week, Brazil’s Federal Police sought permission from the Federal Supreme Court to formally charge President Jair Bolsonaro with spreading false information about China’s coronavirus vaccines and hindering the use of these masks.
The accusations came as Brazil officially opened its presidential campaign season this week, with Bolsonaro actively promoting opposition to coronavirus quarantines and emphasizing protecting people’s livelihoods.
Coronavirus Crime Accusations Tracked Investigation Started to request Brazilian Senator Omar Aziz, who chairs the Senate’s “COVID-CPI,” a legislative commission aimed at investigating allegations that the Brazilian federal government has made mistakes in China’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
The Commission was established in April 2021 and completed its work in October of the same year. recommendation Nine charges were filed against Bolsonaro for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and accusing him of “crimes against humanity”.
Five out of nine cases deferred Brazilian Public Prosecutor on 27 July
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro once again slammed the global “hysteria” over the Chinese coronavirus in a public speech on Tuesday, urging his people to return to normalcy and work as soon as possible. https://t.co/mzq7st1BXh
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) 26 March 2020
Brazilian police charge the Bolsonaro center around video Bolsonaro shared on social media in October that he allegedly said there was a link between coronavirus vaccines and the risk of AIDS. The video was removed by both Facebook and YouTube shortly after it was first posted. release Temporary suspension of Bolsonaro’s account.
Brazilian news site G1 published Here is an alleged copy of Bolsonaro’s words, dated October 25:
I’m just reporting, not commenting. I’ve talked about it in the past, I’ve been hit many times, just this: UK government officials recommend full vaccination – who is fully vaccinated? “In those who were fully vaccinated after the second dose, AIDS developed much faster than expected after 15 days, even 15 days after the second dose.
On October 27, Bolsonaro gave an interview to the Brazilian edition of Joven Pan News. argued He said he didn’t invent the link between coronavirus vaccines and AIDS, but instead relayed the information. published On the Exame Magazine website.
“I showed an article from Exame magazine. I didn’t invent it,” said Bolsonaro.
After removing Bolsonaro’s video, called Exame, in which he said Bolsonaro was relaying information, updated A message explaining that there is no evidence of a link between coronavirus vaccines and AIDS.
According to Brazilians newspaper, federal police think He said Bolsonaro’s remarks prompted the audience to fail to comply with Brazil’s health regulations regarding the coronavirus vaccine, thus complying with elements of misdemeanor such as “alarming third parties, declaring that there is no danger”, for which the South American country was penalized. The code provides for three to six months of freedom to leave or a fine.
This is a message from the police Bolsonaro also accused Bolsonaro of promoting the use of masks against the coronavirus, in a now-deleted October 2021 video in which Bolsonaro allegedly said mask use was responsible for most of the deaths during the 1918 Spanish War, according to the report. cold. Pandemic.
Bolsonaro’s social media accounts were not available at the time of publication, as police promptly deleted the video after objecting to his allegations.
Breitbart News was unable to find a transcript of the comments, as Brazilian police made it a crime to distribute them.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks at the launch of his re-election campaign for the October national elections to be held in Juiz de Fora, Brazil’s Minas Gerais state, on August 16, 2022. (Getty Images via MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP)
Copy of police report published on a Brazilian news site Wednesday reading:
“So, because of the elements presented in this investigation, Jair Bolsonaro spread the word, “Most Spanish flu victims did not die from Spanish flu.” [..] but bacterial pneumonia caused by mask use” [Bolsonaro] By directly, deliberately and deliberately spreading false information that Spanish flu victims died as a result of bacterial pneumonia caused by mask use, it provided a real deterrent to audiences from using masks to combat masks. [Chinese coronavirus] At a time when the use of masks is mandatory,” he said. live Since 2020, the use of masks has been made mandatory during the coronavirus pandemic.
Bolsonaro, who does not want to wear a mask in public, It has been ordered Brazilian federal judge wearing a mask in public in June 2020; court decision lay off one week later. President repeated violated a national mask mandate accepting fines for not covering the face.
The federal police request also seeks permission to dismiss Bolsonaro to continue the investigation process. Bolsonaro refused Make a public comment on the matter on Wednesday.
The police petition against Bolsonaro was filed the day after Bolsonaro. initiated The campaign for reelection for the presidency in the elections to be held on 2 October. Bolsonaro is one of them. Election leaders, including former Socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. receive He ran for president again after Brazil’s Supreme Court overturned multiple corruption convictions against Lula in 2021.
At press time, the Brazilian Supreme Court had not responded to a police investigation.
Source: Breitbart
