“Bolsonaro is inducing Brazilians to death. He thinks that putting the people to work again will solve the issue. The man can only take care of his family if he is alive,” tweeted the founder of the Workers’ Party.
On Thursday, the president unexpectedly entered the Supreme Federal Court (STF) in Brasilia to ask for a relaxation of social confinement despite the country registers over 9,000 deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Another Bolsonaro’s unprecedented goal was to press the Supreme Federal Court’s president Toffoli to change the decision that the states and municipalities have autonomy to impose local policies in the fight against the pandemic, such as the likely decree of total closure of the federal entities more affected.
Obviously influenced by the forced meeting, Toffoli heard more than he said. Cautiously, he called for «an arrange plan for the economy’s recovery » and advocated the formation of the so far unsuccessful crisis’ office and the coordination of the process.
Toffoli reiterated that it was necessary for the country to adopt the preventing measures mandated by the national health authorities and the World Health Organization (WHO).
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