So far, he has neither congratulated Lula da Silva nor publicly acknowledged his defeat. Meanwhile, supporters of Brazil’s still far-right president have blocked several highways.
Euskaraz irakurri: Bolsonaroren isiltasunak ezinegona areagotu du Brasilen
A day after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was elected president, Jair Bolsonaro remains silent as Brazil remains half paralyzed by hundreds roadblocks orchestrated from across the country by truck drivers who do not accept the defeat of the far-right leader.
Lula won Sunday’s election with 50.9% of the vote, compared to Bolsonaro’s 49.1% and 24 hours after the final results were announced, the current president, who was seeking reelection, has not yet spoken about the election results. This silence by the president keeps the country and the world in suspense as the far-right leader during the campaign threatened to accept the results of the polls only if he believed the elections had been transparent.
So far, the senator has been the only person close to the head of state or a senior official to speak about the outcome. Flavio Bolsonaroeldest son of the president, who has thanked his father’s voter support and indicated that they will not “give up” Brazil, via a message on Twitter.
Facing Bolsonaro’s silence, the deputy Gleisi Hoffman, chairman of the Workers’ Party (PT), the formation led by Lula, has assured that if there is no statement from the president within 48 hours, they will unilaterally start the transition process. “By law we have 48 hours to start that (the transition), to get organized and then talk to the government,” said the PT leader.
For his part, on his first day as president-elect, Lula held a series of meetings and talks with leaders and personalities from around the world.
Since Sunday night, Bolsonaro truck drivers have started blocking several roads in the country in protest at the progressive leader’s victory in the presidential election, which they consider the product of fraud. According to the most recent data from the Highway Police, some 250 blockades have been registered, several of which affect border areas in the south and north of the country and already affect 20 of the South American giant’s 27 states.
Given the situation, the Brazilian prosecutor’s office this Monday demanded that the Federal Traffic Police be informed within a maximum of 24 hours of the measures taken to clear the blocked roads and reminded it that it can open an investigation. if it believes that the organism has been negligent in solving the problem.
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Source: EITB
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