After 48 hours of resounding silence, the far-right leader has avoided openly accepting Lula’s victory. However, his government has sought to allay doubts by clarifying that the change of powers will begin as foreseen by the law.
Euskaraz irakurri: Konstituzioarekin “leiala” izango dela esan du Bolsonarok, baina saihestu egin du bere porrota aitortzea
The still president of Brazil, far right Jair Bolsonarohas finally spoken out on the outcome of the Sunday electionsand although he has avoided admitting defeat and has deliberately expressed himself ambiguously, he has assured that “will remain true to the Constitution”. Shortly afterwards, his government wanted to clear all doubts by confirming that the change of powers will be launched as foreseen by the law.
In a brief appearance at the presidential palace, the first after 48 hours of deafening silence after the election results were announced, Bolsonaro justified the protests of truck drivers who have blocked hundreds of highways, pointing out that they are the result of “outrage”. However, he has defended between the lines that they should be peaceful: “Peaceful protests will always be welcome; our methods cannot be those of the left, which have always done harm to the population, such as invasion of property, destruction of heritage” and not allow “the right to come and go”.
Following Bolsonaro’s statement, the Presidency minister, Ciro Nogueira, who is in charge of the transition process in the government, has called Lula “President-elect”.
“We start the transition process on the basis of the law”Nogueira has indicated, thereby dispelling the doubts that the leader of the far-right has still sown in his statement today.
Bolsonaro, who ran for reelection, lost the presidential election with 49.1% of the vote, compared to 50.9% won by Workers’ Party (PT) leader Lula da Silva.
trucker protests
Since early Monday morning, groups of truck drivers have blocked several highways in the country because they do not accept the election results and demand “a military intervention” to keep Bolsonaro in power.
As of Tuesday, there were 267 partial or total roadblocks in Brazil, according to official data.
Unions and police associations had denounced that these blockades had been spurred by Bolsonaro’s stance to “stay silent and not recognize the results of the polls”.
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Source: EITB
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