Barroso authorizes PF access to Covid CPI evidence

Minister Luís Roberto Barroso, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), authorized this Thursday (4) the Federal Police (PF) to have full access to the evidence produced by the Senate’s Covid-19 Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI). The commission ended its work in October 2021. According to the minister, access could help investigations into possible responsibilities in deaths or corruption during the pandemic. “Full access will bring elements to contextualize the facts and conclusions of the police authority and will enable the effective exercise of broad defense by the investigated”, decided the minister. The CPI’s final report ended with 1,299 pages and suggested the indictment of 80 people. Among them, former president Jair Bolsonaro for nine crimes ranging from common crimes, provided for in the Penal Code; crimes of responsibility, according to the Impeachment Law. There is also citation of crimes against humanity, according to the Rome Statute, of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.

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