Dino and Alckmin defend operation against Bolsonaro – 05/03/2023 – Politics

The Minister of Justice and Public Security, Flávio Dino, and the vice president, Geraldo Alckmin, defended this Wednesday (3) the PF investigation against former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL).

The former representative is being investigated, according to the PF, about an alleged “criminal association formed to commit the crimes of inserting false vaccination data against Covid-19 into the SI-PNI and RNDS systems of the Ministry of Health.

Dino said that the Federal Police will always fulfill what society expects. “If you have a violation of a health norm, if you have a crime of counterfeiting, if you have a criminal association, the so-called digital embezzlement, it’s in the Penal Code, and the Federal Police will always do their job because that’s what the society expects and this is President Lula’s guidance, administrative guidance for the PF to be independent and comply with the law.”

The statement was given at a hearing of the Financial Inspection and Control Commission of the Chamber of Deputies.

Alckmin, on the other hand, also defended that there be an investigation into the case, but avoided making further comments.

“What is needed is an investigation. What does society expect? Investigation, right? I think the important thing is that there is an investigation and that the issues are clarified, which is important,” he said.

The speech took place at the Planalto Palace, after the signing of the decree that links the Amazon Biotechnology Center (CBA) to a social organization.

This Wednesday, the Federal Police carried out a search and seizure warrant for Bolsonaro and the arrest of his former advisers Mauro Cid and Max Guilherme.

According to Sheet found out, there is a suspicion that the vaccination records of Bolsonaro, Cid and the former president’s youngest daughter, Laura, were forged.

The United States requires the presentation of proof of vaccination against Covid-19 for travelers – a requirement that will end on the 11th. According to the US government, there are exceptions, such as people on diplomatic trips or foreign government officials. According to the US Embassy, ​​defrauding documents to try to enter the country is a crime that can be punished with a fine or imprisonment.

Since the beginning of 2020, when the coronavirus was beginning to spread around the world, Jair Bolsonaro made a series of statements in which he always sought to minimize the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

As president, he propagated denialist discourse and used hysteria and fantasy words to classify the reaction of the population and the press to the pandemic.