03/29/2020 10:01 AM
(Act. 29.03.2020 10:01)
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There was already a protest against Bolsonaro, now there is also a court objection
© APA (AFP)
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A Brazilian court has banned the right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro’s government from making recommendations against coronavirus exit restrictions. The judges in Rio de Janeiro ordered the government campaign “Brazil must not stand still” to be stopped on Saturday.
Despite rising infection rates in Brazil, Bolsonaro rejects strict containment measures against the new coronavirus. The judges also ordered government officials and related people to refrain from disseminating, or “agitating”, information about the corona virus without a scientific basis. According to the injunction, the government has to make an official statement within 24 hours, making it clear that the “Brazil must not stand still” campaign does not meet scientific criteria.
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On Thursday evening, the president and his son Flavio had posted a video on the Facebook online service showing a car parade, the participants cheering the reopening of shops and schools in the southern state of Santa Catarina. In addition, Jair and Flavio Bolsonaro shared a video of the government campaign “Brazil must not stand still”.
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In the video, people are called on to continue their daily lives despite the coronavirus pandemic – regardless of current figures from the Ministry of Health, according to which 3,500 people in Brazil have already been infected with the coronavirus and 100 people have died.
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Bolsonaro had only suffered a defeat in court on Friday. The judges had stopped a presidential decree that exempted churches and other places of worship from the exit restrictions applicable in some states due to the pandemic. The court invalidated the decree on the grounds that there were large crowds in churches and other places of worship.
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