The Federal Police (PF) sent today (31) to the Federal Supreme Court (STF) the final report on the investigation opened to investigate the conduct of President Jair Bolsonaro in the case of negotiation for the purchase of the Covaxin vaccine. The document says that the president did not commit a crime of malfeasance. “There is no materiality, there is no crime”, concluded the PF. 
The investigation was opened in July last year by Minister Rosa Weber. The measure complied with the request of the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) and was motivated by a crime report filed with the STF by senators Randolfe Rodrigues (Rede-AP), Jorge Kajuru (Podemos-GO) and Fabiano Contarato (Rede-ES).
The parliamentarians asked for the investigation of the crime of prevarication. The senators’ initiative was taken after the testimony of Luis Ricardo Miranda, a server at the Ministry of Health, to the CPI da Pandemic.
He said he had suffered unusual pressure from his superiors to finalize the Covaxin purchase process, in addition to being aware of alleged irregularities in the process.
The server is the brother of deputy Luis Miranda (DEM-DF), to whom he said he reported the case. To the CPI, the parliamentarian said he had taken his brother’s report to President Jair Bolsonaro, in March 2021, but that no action had been taken.
In June of last year, the Ministry of Health suspended the contract for the purchase of the Indian vaccine, under the guidance of the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU), days after the testimony of the Miranda brothers. On the occasion, Bolsonaro declared that the suspension was made due to government controls.
In the final report, the Federal Police argues that some public agents have a duty to report the practice of illicit acts to the competent authorities. However, the obligation must be provided for by law as a functional duty of the holder of public office to characterize the crime of malfeasance.
“Therefore, in this case, absent the functional duty of the President of the Republic, Jair Messias Bolsonaro, to communicate any irregularities of which he became aware – and of which he is not a co-author or participant – to investigative bodies, such as the Federal Police. , or inspection, the official act is not present”, concluded the PF.
Upon completion of the investigation and delivery of the report to the STF, the inquiry must be sent to the PGR for an opinion. Then, it will be up to Minister Rosa Weber, rapporteur of the case, to decide on the filing or continuation of the investigation.
