Brasilia.- The Federal Highway Police (PRF, for its figures in Portuguese) reported that all roads in Brazil are completely free of blockages today after protests by supporters of defeated President Jair Bolsonaro.
There are still closures on 24 traffic arteries when the flow of vehicles is partially obstructed by a lane.
Such anomalies are recorded in the states of Amazonas (two), Mato Grosso (seven), Mato Grosso do Sul (one), Pará (six) and Rondônia (eight).
According to the PRF, it has so far broken up 936 demonstrations on federal roads that began last Sunday against the election victory of President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Faced with what he described as undemocratic actions, Federal Supreme Court Minister Alexandre de Moraes ordered federal police to identify the leaders of the movements blocking the highways.
The decision followed a request from the National Transport Association, which also called for the trucks to be confiscated and “in the event that legal entities are identified as carrying out these acts, the ban and closure of their workshops”.
The judge also requested that the owners of the vehicles used in the fences be identified and the data sent to the Supreme Court.
In addition, the PRF was given 48 hours to submit a detailed report of any fines imposed on those who caused incommunicado detention on the highways.
De Moraes, who is also the helmsman of the Superior Electoral Tribunal (TSE), this week condemned the coup actions by Bolsonaro supporters against Lula.
“The elections are over, the second ballot ended democratically last Sunday,” said the lawyer at the court’s first session after October 30.
He reiterated that the TSE had scheduled the ex-union leader to take office on January 1, 2023. “This is democracy, this is change of power, this is the republican state,” he noted.
For the minister, the outcome of the vote is indisputable and the criminals attacking the voting system will be held accountable.
“There is no way to challenge a democratically disclosed result with illegal movements, with anti-democracy movements, with criminals being fought and those responsible held accountable under the penalty of law. Democracy has won again in Brazil,” said de Moraes.
According to the magistrate, the majority of society believes in democracy and the rule of law.