A Brazilian congressman who has denounced alleged irregularities in a contract of 1.6 billion reais ($ 323 million) Covid-19, the vaccine contract signed by the Government of Brazil came to an investigation by the Senate Commission on Friday with A bulletproof vest for safety.
Congressman Luis Miranda and his brother Luis Ricardo Miranda, the Whistleblower in the Ministry of Health raised suspicion about the Vaccine Agreement with the Bharat Biotech of India, are the key witnesses at an ongoing audience on Friday.
Parliamentary research is analyzing the management of the Government of the Coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than half a million people in Brazil, and accusations that deliberately delayed the safety of vaccines to combat Covid-19.
The Far President of Jair Bolsonaro, who is under a growing pressure to explain the agreement with Bharat, said on Friday that there were no irregularities in the Contract for the Covaxin shot of India.
“There is nothing wrong with the covaxin contract, there is no overvention,” he said at a press conference inside São Paulo.
The President, who was chosen on an anti-graft platform, added that the enemies of him were trying to tarnish to the Government of him with unfounded accusations of corruption.
“I’m incorruptible,” he said
The accusations with respect to the Bharat contract threaten to damage Bolsonaro’s commitment to zero tolerance for corruption in the government of him.
The Senate Research Coordinator has ordered protection for the Miranda brothers, and also for the owners of the Brazilian company accurate medications, which acts as an intermediary for Bharat.
The contract is being investigated by federal prosecutors and legislators to see why the government hit a rapid agreement with Bharat after the Covid-19 vaccine offers from Pfizer Inc was ignored at a lower price.
Luis Ricardo Miranda and his brother from his legislator met with Bolsonaro in March and said they warned the suspicious contract, but that nothing was done to investigate the deal.
Miranda, head of imports in the ministry, told the senators who refused to approve an import license because an invoice for a first shipment requested in advance in advance and was sent by a company that is not mentioned in the contract, Madison Biotech based in Singapore.
Miranda has told the prosecutors that he was pressed by Alex Lial Marinho, an assistant to one of the nearest allies in Bolsono, former Minister of Health Eduardo Pazuello
Miranda’s account was supported by the brother of Him of Congressman.
The accusations increase the uncomfortable questions for Bolsonaro and Pazuello, who face criminal and civilian investigations in their handling of the pandemic while minister.
On Thursday, Bolsonaro said Brazil never paid nor received any doses from the shot of Covaxin, and promised to act if any corruption was discovered in the government.
In a statement issued in India, Bharat Biotech said: “We strongly refute and deny any kind of allegation or implication of any non-compliance with respect to the supply of Covaxin.” He said that Madison Biotech was his global sales and marketing unit.
