Read more about it here – in Portuguese [find out here]. Read more about the political disputes between Bolsonaro and the Governor of the State of São Paulo here [1] [2] [find out here] [find out here], Bolsonaro’s remarks on the Chinese vaccine Coronavac here [3] [4] and about the repercussions of the political disputes on the vaccine campaign here [5].
Acts that employ tools of constant authoritarian reinvention. Authoritarian manifestations that coexist with the democratic regime and affect democracy as a system of choice of legitimate representatives or as institutional dynamics that protect rights and guarantee pluralism.
Acts justified by tackling the covid-19 pandemic or another emergency. Under the democratic constitutional regime, emergency acts must respect the Constitution and protect the rights to life and health. Even so, because they create exceptional restrictions related to the health crisis, they require constant control over their necessity, proportionality and temporal limitation. In the long run, they demand attention so as not to become an anti-democratic 'new normal' beyond the moment of emergency.