The president of the Federal Council of Medicine (CFM), José Hiran da Silva Gallo, denied to the Federal Supreme Court () any intention of intervening in the execution of the former president’s sentence (PL).
In a letter to the minister, Gallo stated that he “never intended to exercise any correctional powers in relation to “.
The demonstration occurred after the magistrate annulled an investigation opened by the CFM to investigate the conditions of medical care for Bolsonaro and ordered Gallo to give a statement to the PF within ten days.
In this Friday’s letter, the president of the council said that the clarifications provided in the letter “evidence the lack of just cause” for the hearing.
The body also stated that it complied with the court decision, but said that the inquiry protects the actions of doctors and ensures the regularity of the actions of the public bodies involved.
The council declared that it had received more than 40 formal complaints about a possible lack of care for Bolsonaro and said that the complaints “express concern about the guarantee of adequate medical care” for the former president.
“The Federal Council of Medicine adopted the procedure provided for in the governing legislation, promoting appropriate administrative procedures, always without any advance judgment on the facts”, stated the CFM to the minister.
The body also declared that it has a “permanent commitment to complying with the determinations issued by the Judiciary, in line with the principle of harmony between the Powers of the Republic.”
Bolsonaro went to the hospital on Wednesday for tests after a fall, but returned the day after his arrest at the Brasília Federal Police Superintendence.
According to the DF Star hospital, imaging tests showed “slight densification of soft tissues in the right frontal and temporal region, resulting from the trauma, without the need for therapeutic intervention”.
