Bolsonaro used the same explanation given by the Ministry of Defense when the case arose: that the purchase is not intended for the erectile dysfunction of the troops and is for the treatment of other diseases, despite the fact that the Brazilian medical community warned that it was not necessary to acquire which is marketed under the name of Viagra.
“The Armed Forces buy Viagra to combat arterial hypertension and also rheumatological diseases. There were more than 30,000 tablets for the Army, 10,000 for the Navy and I don’t know how many for the Aeronautics. With all due respect, this is nothing. The amount is for the troops of the three forces and obviously it is used by the inactive and the retired (military),” Bolsonaro said in a video uploaded to the networks by one of his allies.
According to the State Transparency Portal, the Armed Forces bought 35,000 tablets, which is why a deputy submitted a request for reports to the Ministry of Defense to give explanations to Congress.
According to official data, the medicines containing the drug Sildenafil were acquired in eight tenders carried out by the Army, the Navy and the Air Force.
Deputy Elias Vaz, from the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), made a request for information so that the military chiefs explain this purchase that was made between 2020 and 2022.
The government of President Bolsonaro, a former captain of the far-right Army, is the one that has sheltered the most soldiers in administrative functions since the end of the dictatorship, between 6,000 and 8,000 with extra salaries.
“We need -said deputy Vaz- to understand the reason for this purchase by the Bolsonaro government using public money to acquire Viagra in these large quantities. Health units face a lack of remedies for chronic diseases such as insulin and the Armed Forces receive thousands of Viagra tablets. We want to know.
Bolsonaro finds himself in the midst of several complaints for suspicions of corruption and budget deviations through a development fund of the Ministry of Education which is administered by the chief of staff, Ciro Nogueira, president of the Progressive Party (PP), the president’s main ally and leader of the official parliamentary group known as “Centrao”.
In the midst of a scandal request for bribes by two evangelical pastors, the then Minister of Education, the priest Milton Ribeiro, resigned last month.
Source: Ambito
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