The moment of the invasion of the Brazilian Congress
Hundreds of supporters of the former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro last Sunday the property of invaded National Congress at a demonstration calling for military intervention to overthrow the President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The group defending coup theses cleared a police line and climbed the ramp which allows access to the roof of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate buildings, and some of the protesters entered the Legislative Headquarters. Then they advanced Praca dos Tres Podereswhere there was a confrontation with security forces, they took to the streets Planalto Palace and they forced entry into part of the complex, in the window of which they hung a Brazilian flag. Then they went to Supreme CourtReaching a safe zone.
The newspaper O Globo published pictures taken by a Security Camera from the moment Bolsonaro supporters march into Congress. It is observed how they are used Metal poles, shields, firecrackers, sticks, fire extinguishers and even water hoses to enter the legislature and advance to the reduced number of police officers who were in their usual custody of the building.
They look like they do in the pictures explicit scenes of vandalism Y depletion of public goods; while the agents unsuccessfully try to contain terrorism unprecedented in the country’s history, the above-mentioned newspaper points out.
The moment of the Bolsonarista invasion of the Brazilian Congress
He then elaborates that the former President’s supporters have entered the city black living room, a room where ceremonies are held and which also serves as the entrance to the Senate. Three security guards watch as protesters walk up the convention ramp. When the first windows begin to break, they run to protect themselves from the violence of the intruders.
Another fact that has come to light in the last few hours is that The Senate police had 20 soldiers on duty that day and that others off duty were called upon verification of the seriousness of the facts. A total of 60 police officers were deployed to disperse the demonstrators.
The group used metal poles, shields, firecrackers, sticks, fire extinguishers and even water hoses.
Bolsonaro’s supporters then approached them blue room. A line of nine legislative constables with shields and helmets formed a barrier to contain the terrorists and as they advanced the police took off tear gas and pepper spraybut had to withdraw at that moment for a few hours to bring the situation under control.
Judge at the Supreme Court of Brazil Alexander of Morae entrusts the public prosecutor’s office with investigations Jair Bolsonaro What Intellectual Author the attack on Brazilian institutions.
The few police officers found themselves outdone
“The statement by former President Jair Messiah Bolsonaro proved to be yet another occasion on which the then-President theoretically took a criminal and offensive stance towards the institutions, particularly the Federal Court,” De Moraes said.
“It is important to note that (…) Bolsonaro repeatedly engages in the same behavior that is now the subject of various investigations by this court,” the judge added.
Brazil’s Attorney General’s Office demanded hours before the Brazilian Supreme Court to include Bolsonaro in the investigation into the attack on Brazilian institutions by Bolsonaro sympathizers. The petition, signed by Deputy Attorney General Carlos Frederico Santos, was filed after at least 80 members of the prosecutor’s office asked Attorney General Augusto Arias to investigate Bolsonaro.
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