On Tuesday, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro waited for Colombian President Ivan Duque to arrive at the Planalto Presidential Palace in Brasilia. Heraldo Perez/Associated Press hide caption

On Tuesday, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro waited for Colombian President Ivan Duque to arrive at the Planalto Presidential Palace in Brasilia.

Brasilia, Brazil-A Brazilian senator formally submitted a report advising President Jal Bolsonaro that he would die in Brazil due to his alleged underperformance in Brazil’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic The number was pushed to the second highest in the world and was prosecuted.

Senator Renan Calheiros’s nearly 1,200-page report is based on six months of work by a committee investigating the government’s management of the pandemic, and it was made available on the electronic system of the Senate on Wednesday. It calls for a series of charges against Bolsonaro, ranging from fraud and incitement to crimes to crimes against humanity.

The report can still be revised before the committee’s vote on October 26, and the decision to make most of the allegations will be made by the Brazilian Attorney General appointed by the president.

Analysts said that it is not yet clear whether he will take action.

The suggested allegations also include misuse of public funds and "prevarication", that is, for personal gain, delaying or failing to take actions required as part of the duties of public officials, among several other items.

Bolsonaro denied any wrongdoing and repeatedly accused the investigation of a political tool aimed at sabotaging him.

Critics condemned Bolsonaro for underplaying the severity of COVID-19, ignoring international health guidelines on masks and activity restrictions designed to prevent the spread of the virus, touting unproven treatments and delaying access to vaccines.

The anger at the president’s reaction prompted the formation of a Senate committee in April that investigated allegations that Bolsonaro’s management of the pandemic caused more than 600,000 deaths in Brazil.

Calheiros, who was officially designated by the committee to prepare the report, will read a summary to the committee of 11 later on Wednesday.

The document must be approved by the committee before it can be sent to the attorney-general’s office, who will decide whether to continue the investigation and eventually file an allegation. In Brazil, members of congressional committees can conduct investigations but have no right to prosecute.

Regardless of whether the attorney general takes action, the report’s allegations are expected to provoke criticism of the far-right leader, whose approval ratings have fallen before his re-election campaign in 2022. The election is still one year away.

Thiago de Aragão, director of strategy at political consulting firm Arko Advice, said: “The main impact of the investigation is political because it generates a lot of news, which will definitely be used by campaign strategists next year.”

Even in the worst of the pandemic, Bolsonaro firmly opposed restrictions on activities, claiming that if the economy stagnates, the poor will suffer more. He continued to argue that the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine is effective in treating COVID-19, although extensive major studies have found it to be ineffective and potentially dangerous.

During the six-month investigation, the senators obtained thousands of documents and heard the testimony of more than 60 people.

The report stated that the committee "collected evidence that the federal government has remained silent and chose to act in a non-technical and reckless manner."

The early draft of the report also recommended prosecuting the president for homicide and genocide, although these two were cancelled due to opposition from committee members and fear that exaggeration might undermine the credibility of the report.

Nonetheless, the final report concluded that the government "deliberately exposed the public to specific risks of large-scale infections" was influenced by a group of unofficial consultants who advocated pursuing herd immunity long after many experts stated that this was not a viable option. .

In addition to Bolsonaro, the final report also recommended charges against dozens of allies, current and former government members, his three eldest sons (all politicians), and two companies.