(ANSA) - SAN PAOLO, MARCH 30 - "I wasn't walking, I was sent to see my people": so the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro justified having visited various points of the capital Brasilia on Sunday, greeting traders taking various selfies with the his sympathizers, in the clear violation of the rules on social isolation.
Asked about his Sunday exit by the reporters who, like every morning, were waiting for him in front of the residential residence of the Palazzo de Alvorada, Bolsonaro said that "the story of the walk was invented by the press, but after all I didn't expect anything else of this print without character ", before urging journalists:" You too are here, all in a group, because you need to work ". "At this moment - he stressed - we have two problems: the virus and unemployment, and the two must be faced with the same responsibility. If unemployment continues to evolve as it is doing now, it will cause more deaths than the epidemic. For other reasons only, such as depression and suicide. "
Bolsonaro also went back to minimizing the impact of the coronavirus on the population: "If one is less than 40 years old, Solonello zero point something per cent of cases the disease causes death," said the president, who refused to comment on his deleted messages. from Twitter, claiming not to make statements about the decisions of a private company.
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"I wasn't walking, I went to see my people": so the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro justified having visited various points of the capital Brasilia on Sunday, greeting traders and taking various selfies with his si ... ( HANDLE)