Jair Bolsonaro called “fools” those who respect the …

The President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, He again showed his denial and described as ‘dumb’ citizens who respect social distancing and quarantines to avoid coronavirus infections. The insult was given on Monday, claiming the massive march that a group of rural businessmen led Sunday in Brasilia, with the participation of the president.

“the agro did not stop working. There are idiots, those who say to stay at home. There are idiots who are still inside today. If the land had stayed home, whoever stayed home would have been starving, this idiot would have been starving. They complain about everything, ”said the head of state of Brazil, one of the countries most affected by the pandemic, which already has 15,627,243 cases and 435,751 deaths from coronavirus.

While he continues to attack those who, following scientific recommendations, decide to respect social distancing, Bolsonaro is the subject of an investigation by a Senate committee for his much criticized handling of the pandemic, while at the same time. It continues to decline in popularity – with a low of just 24% – and comes closer and closer to a possible defeat in the next election in 2022.

In this context, last week, the far right lodged several complaints about possible future fraud, after a cabinet investigation Technical sheet will award victory in the first and second round to the Ex leader and leader of the opposition Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2010). This survey also found that 75% of people believe the government has delayed vaccine purchase and lost vaccine offers, such as the 70 million doses of Pzifer offered in August 2020.

This Sunday, in the march of the ruralists where the use of chinstrap and distance were not respected, Bolsonaro again insisted on complaints about the upcoming elections and warned that Lula da Silva “will only win by fraud”. if the draft printing of electronic ballot boxes in use since 1996 is not approved.

Over the past two months, the president has also threatened to use the military to break quarantines in states and municipalities, a warning that prompted the resignation of heads of the three arms, who refused to join the military wing. of the government, that is identified with the defense of torture in the dictatorship (1964-1985).

The investigation against him

Bolsonaro is the subject of an investigation by a Senate committee which revealed that the government had bet on the chloroquine, an antimalarial to which he tried to give a miraculous shade, so that the population does not respect the quarantines of states and municipalities.

It is expected that this Tuesday, with the statement by former Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo, the commission has more information for its investigation into the role of government in the pandemic. A public admirer of former US President Donald Trump, another coronavirus denier, Araújo led an unprecedented anti-China front until last month that sparked collisions with the shipment of supplies for packaging CoronaVac vaccines and AstraZeneca in Brazil.

The commission also expects that testimony expected this Wednesday from General Eduardo Pazuello, Minister of Health from May 2020 to last April, investigated for distributing chloroquine as an anticovid remedy and omitting the oxygen crisis that killed patients in Manaus, in the Amazon, in January.

Anticipating the impact of the former official’s statement, The Government presented a habeas corpus to the Supreme Court so that Pazuello would not be compelled to testify against himself and thus avoid possible arrest., ask that the highest judicial authority granted. His tenure as minister has lowered the public image of the military, whose former commanders and retired generals are part of the military wing of the administration.

Finally, the Senate is investigating the existence of parallel policies carried out by businessmen, Bolsonaro’s adviser son and his network administrator, Carlos Bolsonaro, to deal with the pandemic without experts from the Ministry of Health.