As Brazil surpasses the sad milestone of 300,000 Covid-19 deaths, the country’s bar association has decided to take action against far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. With infections going through the roof as new coronavirus variants circulate unchecked around the country, the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) issued a request to the Prosecutor General’s Office to file criminal charges against the president, holding him responsible for his disastrous pandemic response.
Issuing the plea was a unanimous decision by OAB’s federal board, made up of 81 lawyers — three from each of Brazil’s states.
The OAB’s request coincided with Mr. Bolsonaro’s televised address to the nation on Tuesday evening, in which the coronavirus-skeptic president played fast and loose with the truth by suggesting his government has always worked hard to combat Covid-19, which is a lie. Indeed, the worsening pandemic scenario has left Mr. Bolsonaro cornered by...