The majority of Brazilians support the impeachment of Bolsonaro: Poll | Politics News

President Jair Bolsonaro is under more pressure in the face of the coronavirus crisis, as well as the alleged corruption and vaccination agreement.

A majority of Brazilians say they support the impeachment of Jair Bolsonaro, according to a poll released on Saturday, facing the country’s far-right president allegations of corruption and over pressure coronavirus crisis management.

According to the Datafolha poll, 54% of Brazilians support the proposal by the Brazilian Chamber to open an indictment procedure against Bolsonaro, compared to 42% of those who oppose it.

In the latest Datafolha poll on the issue, published in May, supporters and opponents of the impeachment were essentially linked.

Bolsonaro, a skeptic of COVID-19, who dismissed the virus as a “little flu”, has been under pressure from people for months – including several large protests and the Senate consultation – The pandemic has devastated Brazil, killing more than 531,000 people, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Recent scandals, including questions about the area alleged irregularities in his government’s coronavirus vaccine procurement process and allegations of past corruption, added the president’s problems.

Last month, federal investigators announced that they had opened an investigation into a 1.6 billion reais ($ 320 million) government contract for 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Bharat Biotech of India, Covaxin.

The Attorney General’s office cited high comparative prices, quick interviews and pending regulatory approvals as a red flag in the Bharat contract signed in February, before reaching similar agreements with Pfizer Inc. and Johnson & Johnson.

It was Bolsonaro accused “After denouncing that there is a huge corruption scheme in the Ministry of Health,” he denied that he had not taken any action.

In a radio interview on Saturday, Bolsonaro said he had taken action after officials shared concerns about the Covaxin deal, but did not elaborate further.

“I meet with 100 people a month on a variety of topics imaginable,” he told Radio Gaucha in southern Brazil. “I have taken action in this case.”

Last week, Bolsonaro was also accused of being involved in a plan to condemn the salaries of his aides while he was a federal deputy.

Saying that the role of the alleged UOL racket was audio recordings of Bolsonaro’s ex-brother-in-law, the Brazilian website UOL reported that the racket was to hire close employees as employees and then receive a reduction in their public salaries.

The scandals are putting pressure on the president, who will have to face the challenge of the former leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva when Brazilians go to the polls next year for the presidential election.

Thousands of people he protested Across Brazil last weekend to demand his resignation.

In a separate Datafolha poll released on Thursday, 51 percent of Brazilians said they did not support Bolsonaro, the highest figure he took office in January 2019.