In an editorial, Estadão tells Bolsonaro that 'governing is not about tweeting'.
The newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo published a harsh editorial criticizing Jair Bolsonaro's decision not to hand over the presidency to Vice President Hamilton Mourão while he recovers from surgery and remains hospitalized at the Albert Einstein Hospital; the text states: "instead of delegating his duties to Vice President Hamilton Mourão, as established by the Constitution and dictated by common sense, Bolsonaro judged that he could immediately resume the demanding presidential routine - even setting up a sort of office in his hospital room so that he could work from there."
247 - The newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo The newspaper publishes a harsh editorial criticizing Jair Bolsonaro's decision not to hand over the presidency to Vice President Hamilton Mourão while he recovers from surgery and remains hospitalized at the Albert Einstein Hospital. The text states: "Instead of delegating his duties to Vice President Hamilton Mourão, as established by the Constitution and dictated by common sense, Bolsonaro judged that he could immediately resume the demanding presidential routine - even setting up a sort of office in his hospital room so that he could conduct business."
The editorial begins solemnly and formally: "a The Constitution, in its article 79, establishes that the Vice-President of the Republic has only one relevant function: to temporarily replace the President if he is ill or traveling, or to succeed him if the office becomes vacant. In the case of illness, for example, the presidential function must obviously be exercised by the Vice-President until the President is recovered enough to return to work. There is a simple reason for this: the administration of the country and the government's decision-making cannot depend on the full recovery of the President's health, which can take days or even months.
The statement continues: "It is necessary that there be someone with constitutionally recognized authority in office to deliberate on government matters and guide the ministers. Otherwise, there will be undesirable administrative paralysis - such as the one the country is witnessing now due to the prolonged hospitalization of President Jair Bolsonaro."
Finally, to clarify the point: "Inexplicably, Bolsonaro resumed his duties just 48 hours after a seven-hour surgery, performed on January 28th, to reconstruct his intestine, which was damaged in the knife attack he suffered during the election campaign last September. According to medical reports, the operation was successful, and the team that treated him initially set a ten-day recovery period for the president, but even that timeframe proved overly optimistic. Jair Bolsonaro remained hospitalized two weeks after the surgery, during which time the president presented with pneumonia and fever."