Bolsonaro Faces 'Possibly Explosive' Probe Into Virus Response

Andrew Rosati, Bloomberg News
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(Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s senate is opening a wide-ranging probe into the federal government’s erratic response to the pandemic, as opponents of President Jair Bolsonaro try to seize on a key source of vulnerability ahead of his 2022 re-election bid.
The 11-member parliamentary inquiry committee is scheduled to begin works on Tuesday with the election of its president and rapporteur, two politicians who are likely to have great influence in the future of the investigations.
While senators are also expected to investigate alleged misuse of federal Covid funds by states and municipalities, it’s Bolsonaro who stands to lose the most. The probe is the latest and possibly the most politically damaging push yet to hold the far-right president accountable for one of the world’s worst coronavirus outbreaks, and follows dozens of impeachment requests already filed against him.

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