Covid today Brazil, commission accuses Bolsonaro of crimes against humanity

Coronavirus in Brazil, the parliamentary commission of inquiry investigating the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic approved the final report accusing President Jair Bolsonaro of nine crimes, including “crimes against humanity”. The Commission, set up in the Senate, has given the green light to the report, prepared by the main speaker, Senator Renan Calheiros, with seven votes in favor and four against, according to what G1 reported. The approval, which came at the end of six months of work, implies the request for indictment of a total of 78 people, including Bolsonaro, and of two companies for different crimes committed during the pandemic. The approximately 1,290 pages will now be handed over to the Brazilian Supreme Court and Prosecutor’s Office as well as to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, petitions which are asked to bring charges relating to 9 different crimes – concerning the management of the pandemic – envisaged by the International Criminal Court. Among the elements charged, the report includes speeches by the president in public, statements against vaccines and in favor of the use of chloroquine, data relating to delays in the acquisition of vaccines, government opposition to the adoption of protective health measures. The document also calls for Bolsonaro’s access to social networks to be prevented because of the “relevant role” he played in spreading false news about the pandemic. Bolsonaro’s management proved to be little committed “to the effective fight against the pandemic and therefore to the protection of the life and physical integrity of the Brazilians… In normal times, it would be just an example of contemptuous pseudoscientific quackery. However, in the midst of a global pandemic, the president contributed to creating a monstrous tragedy “, writes Calheiros in the report, who also asks for accusations against the president’s three children and government ministers, including the current and the former Minister of Health, Marcelo Queiroga and Eduardo Pazuello, and former Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo.