Minister criticizes images of ‘coffin and body’ and asks the press to show ‘positive things’ | Politics

The statement was made during a press conference at the Palácio do Planalto, in which, in addition to Ramos, ministers Nelson Teich (Health), Braga Netto (Civil House), Tarcísio Gomes (Infrastructure) and Marcelo Álvaro Antônio (Tourism) participated. ).

Ramos declared that the government of Jair Bolsonaro respects freedom of the press, “fundamental” in democracy, but said that, since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, it has observed a “massive disclosure” of negative events.

With all due respect, in the morning newspaper, it’s a coffin, it’s a body. At lunchtime, it is a coffin, again, and a body. In the afternoon newspaper, it is coffin and body, it is the death toll. I ask everyone: How do you think an elderly woman, a humble person, or a person suffering from some other illness feels about this massive disclosure of negative information? Nobody helps here says they have to hide, “said the minister.

Later, the minister said that “so many positive things are happening” and requested the disclosure of the number of people healed from Covid-19 and the “wonderful” work of health professionals, facts that have already been reported by the media. communication.

Before speaking to journalists in Planalto, Ramos participated, along with President Jair Bolsonaro, in a meeting with the Emedebista leaders: Deputy Baleia Rossi (SP), national president of the MDB, and Senator Eduardo Braga (AM), leader of the acronym in the Senate and former minister, former governor of Amazonas and former mayor of Manaus.

At the hearing, as reported by Baleia Rossi, Bolsonaro requested the support of the MDB, one of the oldest parts of the country, to address the new coronavirus and on Covid-19’s post-pandemic agenda.