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Opinion: Will Brazil’s Covid CPI actually accomplish something?

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – (Opinion) Created in April by Brazil’s Senate, the parliamentary investigative committee known as the Covid CPI is scheduled to end on August 7; however, that period can be extended for 90 days.

The CPI has drafted a petition requesting the extension, which needs signature by 27 senators for approval; the CPI says it already has 34. The petition justifies the time extension by setting out a summary listing of what it uncovered in its first 60 days of activities.

There are “deliberate omissions and actions” by the administration:

  • “[seeking] a false herd immunity . . .

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