Jair Bolsonaro was admitted for abdominal surgery

The Brazilian president will undergo an operation on Monday to remove the colostomy bag that had been placed after the attack he suffered in September.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted Sunday to a hospital in San Pablo, where he will undergo an operation Monday to remove the colostomy bag that had been placed after the September attack.

Bolsonaro, from Brasilia, landed at Congonhas Airport, accompanied by several of his ministers, his wife Michelle and one of their children, elected MP Eduardo Bolsonaro. From there, he was transferred to a convoy under strong police protection at the Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital in the capital, São Paulo.

The president of the extreme right must succeed this Sunday the examinations preparatory to a medical intervention.

On Saturday evening, his spokesman, General Otávio Santana do Rêgo Barros, explained that the president would be operated Monday at 6 o'clock in the morning, after which he would be "in strict rest" for 48 hours.

During this period, he will be replaced by Vice President Hamilton Mourao, who was already serving as Acting Representative during Bolsonaro's trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland from 21 to 24 January.

After the rest, Bolsonaro, 63, will receive the ministers in the medical center. It is estimated that the president will remain in the capital of São Paulo "up to ten days".

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