The First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and President of the Republic, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, spoke by phone yesterday with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, to whom he reiterated “all our solidarity towards him and his government in the face of acts of violence”. , he announced on his Twitter account.
He also said he “confirms the will to promote and deepen bilateral relations for the benefit of both peoples.”
A day after Sunday’s destabilizing actions, a joint statement by the three branches of the Brazilian state was released, entitled “In Defense of Democracy,” expressing their opposition to the violent demonstration following the attempted coup.
The message published on Twitter by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva presented the letter bearing the signatures of the representatives of the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary branches of Brazil.
“The defenders of democracy and the 1988 Constitutional Charter reject the acts of terrorism, vandalism, crime and coups that took place in Brasilia yesterday afternoon,” reads the text, which emphasizes the unity of these forces, “on the the institutional claims are made under the terms of Brazilian laws”.
Yesterday morning, police officers from the Federal District of Brasilia and the army cleared the camp of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro in front of the army headquarters, from which the attacks on the offices of the Presidency, Congress and the Colonel were launched.
The evacuation took place without the need for the use of force by the prison officers. Despite this, police have arrested 1,200 supporters of the ex-president, adds RT in Spanish.
On Sunday and this Monday, world leaders condemned the attempted coup. Pope Francis called the actions “undemocratic and vandalism” motivated by “the burden of tensions and forms of violence that exacerbate social conflicts.”
For his part, UN Secretary-General António Guterres described Brazil as “a great democratic country” and said he was confident that the “will of the Brazilian people and the country’s institutions” would be respected.
According to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin, Beijing “strongly opposes the violent attack” on the seats of power in Brazil, stressing that his country “supports the Brazilian government’s actions to calm the situation and restore order and national stability.” maintain.
Likewise, through Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, Moscow “strongly condemned the actions of the instigators of the riots, and we fully support Brazilian President Lula da Silva.”