NINE Brazilian opposition parties, including the Workers Party of former presidents Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva and Dilma Rousseff, have issued a joint request for the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro over his disastrous handling of coronavirus.

Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) leader Renildo Calheiros said the executive’s “paralysis” in the face of the deaths of over 350,000 Brazilians “cannot continue.

“Brazil breaks records in the number of deaths, and the president seeks side disputes and fights instead of mobilising the country,” he said.