BRASÍLIA – On a visit to a community in the Federal District and accompanied by Defense Minister Braga Netto, President Jair Bolsonaro said this Saturday that his war “is not political” when he again criticized the measures of social isolation adopted by the governors to tell the story. COVID-19 pandemic.
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– The war, for my part, is not political. It is a war that really has to do with the future of a nation. We must not forget the issue of employment. The virus, people know that we are fighting vaccines. We support protection measures, now everything has a limit – declared the president, broadcast live on social networks.
Bolsonaro drank soup with Braga Netto at the Associação Beneficente Cristã Casa de Maria (Beth Myriam), in a community of Itapoã, 24 km from the center of Brasilia. They were both without masks at the time of the broadcast.
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At the place, which serves “soup” for low-income families, the president again asserted that the “lockdown” and “stay at home” policies led to unemployment.
In addition, he confirmed that the Armed Forces are willing to act in favor of immunization against covid-19 and reiterated the position then, to the supporters of the Palácio da Alvorada:
– As soon as Salud so wishes, the Armed Forces, Navy, Army and Air Force will be ready to help vaccinate our population.
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The statements were made five days after the start of a military crisis due to lack of political support, with the resignation of the then Defense Minister, General Fernando Azevedo e Silva.
In an exchange unprecedented in the history of Brazil, the chiefs of the army, General Edson Leal Pujol; the Navy, squadron admiral Ilques Barbosa; and from the Air Force, Brigadier Antônio Carlos Bermúdez also fell the following day. The so-called ministerial reform involved the dance of chairs on the Esplanade, with the change of command of five other portfolios.
