On Tuesday (19), the Federal Police charged former President Jair Bolsonaro for involvement in fraudulent Covid-19 vaccination cards. In January, the Office of the Comptroller General (CGU) concluded that the immunization record against the disease on Bolsonaro’s vaccination card was false. The investigation arose from a request made under the Access to Information Law (LAI) at the end of 2022.
According to the current data from the Ministry of Health displayed on the vaccination card, the former president received his vaccine on July 19, 2021, at the Basic Health Unit (UBS) Parque Peruche, in northern São Paulo. However, the CGU found that Bolsonaro was not in São Paulo on that date, and the vaccination batch listed in the ministry’s system was not available at the UBS on that date, where the immunization supposedly took place.
On X (formerly Twitter), Bolsonaro’s lawyer, Fabio Wajngarten, criticized the disclosure of the charge. “Leaks continue to flow, or rather, to gush in liters. It is regrettable when authorities use the press to announce a formal act that should logically have a technical and procedural basis, instead of being presented in a media-driven and biased manner,” he wrote.
Former aide charged
Colonel Mauro Cid, Bolsonaro’s former aide, was also charged by the police. He is accused of issuing false Covid-19 vaccination cards for the former president and his family.
Source: Agência Brasil