Updated on Thursday, November 3, 2022 – 10:24 am
Thousands of Bolsonaristas gathered in different cities to demand military intervention against the defeat of their leader
The outgoing President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, He urged his supporters to open the streets this Wednesday, but backed protests elsewhere that have multiplied across the country over left-wing Lula da Silva’s electoral victory.
Truckers and other protesters staged starting Sunday hundreds of blockades across the country, which led to problems in the displacement and transportation of goods.
“I would like to make an appeal to them: open the streets. That doesn’t seem to me to be part of legitimate demonstrations,” Bolsonaro said in a video posted to Twitter. “Other demonstrations that are taking place across Brazil, in squares … are part of the democratic game. Feel good, ”said the right-wing extremist. “Protest in other ways, that’s very welcome,” he added.
Thousands of Bolsonaristas rallied outside barracks in Brazil’s main cities this Wednesday to call for military intervention against their leader’s defeat in the elections.
Thousands of Brazilians in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia asked, shouting “Federal intervention now!” the actions of the armed forces against defeating their leader with 49.1% of the vote, compared to 50.9% for Lula.
“We don’t recognize the election result because we know it was fake,” said Rodrigo Mata, a 41-year-old businessman who was protesting in Sao Paulo. Some protesters were hostile to the press.
Thousands of people also gathered in front of the headquarters in the capital Brasilia. “Civil resistance!” shouted the Bolsonaristas.
A green and yellow tide braved the rain in Rio de Janeiro, where they sang: “Lula, thief, your place is in prison“.
“We’ll stand guard until the generals act. People are already doing what they can,” Sebastiao Ramalho, a 70-year-old reservist, told AFP.
“There’s no point in crying”
For two days after losing the election, Bolsonaro kept the country in suspense by remaining silent, an attitude critics say has fueled the spread of protests.
In his first speech on Tuesday, he promised to “fulfil the constitution.” And while he demanded that the demonstrations be “peaceful” without “the right to come and go,” he justified them with a sense of “injustice” at the electoral process.
This was interpreted by Bolsonarist groups in the networks as an impetus to keep the mobilizations going.
MP Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of the president, shared pictures of the protests in Rio this Wednesday and quoted his father’s speech.
However, the protests had received no support from the government until Bolsonaro’s announcement.
Outgoing Vice President Hamilton Mourao previously said in an interview with the newspaper O Globo that Bolsonaroism had “lost the game” and that “it was pointless to cry”.
Bolsonaro, a 67-year-old former army captain, has tried to turn the armed forces into a political prop during his tenure.
However, experts exclude anti-democratic maneuvers from the barracks.
Deployment of police forces and blockade run over
This was announced by the Federal Road Police (PRF). a little more than 100 total or partial cuts affected the 12 states of Brazil, in a statement released on Wednesday evening. So far, according to this force, 776 demonstrations have been broken up.
The number has been steadily declining since the police began to use force with the approval of the Federal Court of Justice, which ordered the use of “all necessary measures” to unblock roads.
In Sao Paulo, where roadblocks were no longer in place, according to the PRF, military police shock squads dispersed dozens of people with tear gas bombs and a water delivery truck, which blocked traffic on the main thoroughfare that connects that state. with the mid-west region of the country.
In the interior of that state, a man “speeded the car” after being prevented from proceeding on a freeway by a group of protesters, authorities said.
“Two police officers and other people were run over,” said the Sao Paulo Security Secretariat, which did not provide information on the number and severity of the injuries.
The blockades caused various complications, including the cancellation of 48 flights at Guarulhos International Airport, the country’s main airport.
The National Confederation of Industry on Tuesday warned of an “imminent risk of deficiency etc “Fuel shortage” if the roads are not reopened quickly.
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