The impeachment request against Bolsonaro includes crimes against public health.

247 - The participation of Jair Bolsonaro, who had 13 people from his delegation to the United States infected with coronavirus, in a fascist-leaning protest this Sunday will reinforce his impeachment request. "The impeachment request that federal deputy Alexandre Frota (PSDB-SP) intends to deliver this Tuesday, the 17th, against President Jair Bolsonaro (without party affiliation) will allege that the president committed crimes against public health by ignoring the guidance to remain in isolation while retaking tests for the coronavirus and greeting his supporters during the pro-government demonstration on Sunday in Brasília," he points out. Report by Paula Reverbel, in the newspaper Estado de S. Paulo. The play's performance, however, was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Frota stated to her that the request will cite article 268 of the Penal Code, which criminalizes those who disobey a determination "from public authorities intended to prevent the introduction or spread of a contagious disease." The report recalls that Bolsonaro had done a live broadcast on Thursday, the 12th, alongside his Minister of Health, Luiz Henrique Mandetta, in which both wore masks and recommended that Sunday's events be postponed.

"Frota's request will also allege that Bolsonaro committed a crime of responsibility – article 85 of the Federal Constitution – and attacked the Legislative and Judicial branches by calling on supporters to participate in the protests," the journalist points out.