Bolsonaro has a trackrecord of violation and negationism of of health recommendations amid pandemic, including his stance against the purchase of the ‘chinese vaccine’ [find out here] [find out here], the spread of misinformation about its efficacy and side effects [find out here] [find out here] [find out here], the neglect and obstruction in the purchase of vaccine doses [find out here] [find out here] and the promotion of ineffective early treatments for covid-19 [find out here] [find out here]
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.