Bolsonaro affirms that he was not vaccinated against the coronavirus and denies certificate fraud

The former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaroobject this Wednesday of a police operation for alleged fraud with certificates of the anti covid vaccineemphatically denied that possibility and reiterated that he was not immunized against the virus.

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“They never asked me for my vaccination certificate anywhere and there is no adulteration on my part. I did not take the vaccine and full stop. I never denied that”, he told reporters in front of his residence in Brasiliaafter it was registered by the Federal Police.

“I did not take the vaccine and it was my decision”insisted Bolsonarowho while in power (2019-2022) was one of the world leaders who most denied the seriousness of the pandemic and he even maintained permanent and harsh campaigns against vaccination.

The leader of the Brazilian extreme right maintained that his 12-year-old daughter Laura did not take the vaccine either and pointed out that the one who did was his wife, Michelle Bolsonaro, who was immunized in September 2021 in the United States, when she traveled with her husband , who was attending the United Nations General Assembly.

Bolsonaro stated “surprised” for the police operation, in the framework of which his wife was apprehended personal mobile phone and six of his closest collaborators, who have accompanied him since he was in government, have been arrested.

According to the Federal Police, it is suspected that the vaccination data of the ex-president, several of his relatives and advisers would have been manipulated to be able to enter the United States, at a time when the certificates were required by the authorities of that country.

The data would have been manipulated directly in the systems of the Ministry of Healththrough illegal access carried out twice: in November 2021 and December 2022.

In the latter case, they would have been before Bolsonarostill in his capacity as president, traveled to the United States on December 30, two days before the inauguration of the current president, the progressive Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvawhose victory at the polls he doubted and to whom he refused to hand over power.

While he was in government, Bolsonaro He denied the seriousness of the pandemic, which has already left more than 700,000 deaths and almost 38 million infections in the country.

The former president had been summoned by the Federal Police to testify this Wednesday, after the raid on his residence, but his lawyers have managed to postpone that process, alleging that they have not yet had access to the proceedings.

Bolsonaro responds in a dozen cases before courts of first instance for matters related to alleged abuses of political and economic power, as well as in five proceedings before the Supreme Courtand in others that process in the electoral Justice.

Source: Elcomercio

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