Thousands of followers of the extreme right were concentrated in front of the military command of the southeast, in the city of Sao Paulo. To the cry of “I authorize” and “Federal intervention now!” They called for the action of the armed forces against the defeat of their leader in the ballot on Sunday by 49.1% of the votes, compared to 50.9% for Lula.
“We don’t recognize the result of the election because we know it was fraudulent,” said Rodrigo Mata, 41.
This merchant defended an intervention “so that the country does not become communist.”
The protests were also registered in the capital, Brasilia, with thousands of demonstrators in front of the headquarters. “Civil resistance!” the Bolsonaristas shouted.
In the center of Rio de Janeiro, a green and yellow tide sang in the rain “Lula, thief, your place is prison”.
They also celebrated that Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes, at the head of several investigations against Bolsonaro, had been arrested, a false information that circulated through the networks.
The protests have not found any official support so far. The outgoing vice president, Hamilton Mourao, said in an interview with the newspaper O Globo that Bolsonaroism “lost the game” and that “it is useless to cry.”
Bolsonaro, a 67-year-old former army captain, has tried during his administration to turn the armed forces into a political prop.
However, experts have ruled out any anti-democratic maneuver coming from the barracks. “It is unlikely that the protests will continue to grow. Despite having been a very close election, the Brazilian and international elites have already congratulated Lula”, said André César. César predicted that the protests will be “exhausting” as the days go by.
In the country, the blockades of routes by Bolsonarists continued for the third consecutive day, although with a tendency to decrease.
The federal highway police (PRF) reported 150 affecting 15 Brazilian states, in a balance published around noon on Wednesday. In the morning the figure rose to 167.
The number of cuts fell after Bolsonaro promised on Tuesday to “comply with the Constitution,” in his first statement since the defeat.
Bolsonaro kept the country in suspense for two days by remaining silent after losing in the ballot. His critics accuse him of having thus stimulated the proliferation of acts of protest.
He asked that the demonstrations be peaceful and assured that his followers “cannot apply the same methods as those on the left” harming “the right to come and go”, but he justified them by attributing them to a feeling of “injustice” due to the electoral process. .
In the networks, Bolsonarista groups interpreted Bolsonaro’s message as an impulse to maintain the mobilizations.
The Brazilian police resorted to force yesterday, with the endorsement of the Federal Supreme Court, which ordered the use of “all necessary measures” to unblock the roads.
In São Paulo, the military police shock troops dispersed with tear gas bombs
Genos to dozens of demonstrators and trucks that hindered circulation on the main highway that connects that state with the center-west region of the country.
The PRF also reported that until yesterday it had dispersed 631 demonstrations. The blockades have caused mobility disorders, including access to the country’s main airport in Sao Paulo, Guarulhos, which until Wednesday had to cancel 48 flights due to the demonstrations, confirmed the press office of the concessionaire.
The National Confederation of Industry warned on Tuesday of an “imminent risk of shortages and lack of fuel”, in case the roads were not quickly unblocked.
Source: Ambito
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