Governor of Acre: Mandetta told him not to follow Bolsonaro in the coronavirus crisis.
The governor of Acre, Gladson Cameli (PP), revealed that the Minister of Health, Luiz Henrique Mandetta, had advised him not to follow Jair Bolsonaro's recommendations to reopen businesses and schools amidst the pandemic. "I called the Minister of Health. He said: 'Don't do that'," he stated.
247 - The governor of Acre, Gladson Cameli (PP), revealed to advisors that the Minister of Health, Luiz Henrique Mandetta, had advised him not to follow the recommendations of Jair Bolsonaro, who advocates reopening businesses and schools amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Mandetta also reportedly told Cameli to prepare funeral homes to receive the bodies of victims of COVID-19.
“On Friday (27), I picked up the phone and asked for an audience with him (Bolsonaro). I was going to leave Rio Branco, arrive and say: 'So, Mr. President, I will follow your guidance. If it's to open, then let's open, but here's the thing: I can't afford the consequences'. I was going to, because what am I going to do? I'm going to follow a logical course of action. Then I called the Minister of Health. He said: 'Don't do that'”, Cameli said, according to the magazine. Crusoe.
“The minister told me: call the funeral home owners. Tell them to get ready. If the minister told me that, what am I going to do? Am I going to say that the matter is simple? Am I going to be irresponsible? I'm not going to. He's not crazy,” the governor added.