After a medical discharge, after two days in a hospital in São Paulo, due to an intestinal obstruction, President Jair Bolsonaro will be on a special diet for a week. He’s cleared for light walks and ready for work. The information is from the physician Antônio Luiz Macedo, who has accompanied the president since 2018.
“The president suffered an attack years ago, a stab wound, which led to a very well-done surgery by the professionals who treated him. But, [ele] had peritonitis a few days after the accident. This peritonitis generated a lot of immune reaction in his abdomen. Although everything is fine, the loops are good, these adhesions sometimes have a picture of intestinal obstruction. Normally, in these conditions, we do not operate directly, a gastric tube is performed, parenteral hydration is performed, the food is cut off”, explained the doctor, in a press conference, shortly after discharge.
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Electronic voting machines
Before leaving the hospital to come to Brasília, where he has no official agenda today, the president again questioned the safety of electronic voting machines. “The Armed Forces were invited by Minister Barroso to participate in the elections. We accept to participate in every electoral process, without exception. And the Defense asked the minister some questions [Luís Roberto] Barroso, from the TSE, on the weaknesses of electronic voting machines. We are awaiting the response from the TSE. It could be that he convinces us, it could be that we are wrong. Now, if we’re not wrong, you can be sure that something has to be changed in the TSE”, said Bolsonaro.
He added that “Brazilians deserve clean and transparent elections.” “And nobody owns the truth here in our country. The law will be enforced and we will have clean and transparent elections, you can be sure of that”, he added. Bolsonaro also said that “the votes will be counted”.
government secretary
The president was asked about the alleged pressure for the minister of the Secretary of Government, Flávia Arruda, to leave the portfolio. Parliamentarians from the Centrão would have defended the removal of the minister from the government under the argument that she did not fulfill promises to release funds. “Flávia Arruda’s nomination was mine,” said Bolsonaro. The president emphasized that Flávia Arruda was not appointed to the position because she is a woman, but because of her competence. “Nobody called me. Nobody asks for a minister’s head as happened in the past”, he added.
Bolsonaro also said that he “does not know” where the minister would have gone wrong so that her resignation was requested. “If, by chance, [Flávia Arruda] is wrong, as it already happened, it happens, I call and talk to her. She will never be fired by the press,” he said.
politicization
Asked about the criticism he suffered on social media for allegedly intending to exploit the stab politically, the president reacted. “They want to politicize an attempted murder, this is disrespectful to Dr. Macedo,” Bolsonaro pointed out. “Saying it’s a stab fake, the knife passed close to vessels and veins. People think it would be a setup. It didn’t bleed because everything goes inside. I didn’t want to be here, I was scheduled to return to Brasília. I mean it’s politics, victimization, you’re kidding, right?”, he asked.
Projects
Before leaving the hospital in São Paulo, the president of the Republic classified the projects sanctioned in recent days, as the ones that unburdens the payroll and what created the Brazil Aid, from “fantastic”.
Anvisa
Bolsonaro criticized the National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) for recommending the suspension of the cruise liner season in Brazil. “The whole world is watching us. It’s not because we’re good, it’s because we have a lot to offer. Brazil is a power in agribusiness, it’s a mineral power, it’s a power in tourism – I regret the decision we made now , not by my government, by Anvisa, with regard to cruises. Brazil is a power,” he said.
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