Thousands of Bolsonarists Demand Military Intervention to Stop Lula From Reaching Government

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Roadblocks continue in 14 days of states as official bolsonarism prepares transition of power

Thousands of supporters of the outgoing Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, protested in front of military barracks in some of the country’s main cities on Wednesday to demand a “military intervention” that would prevent the president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, from attacking the government. to achieve . The protesters are asking the armed forces for a military coup, to “close” parliament and the Supreme Court, and to keep the current ruler in power.

Under the cry of “Civil resistance”, or “Lula, thief, your place is jail”, the main protests – which include images of mass prayers – are taking place in Sao Paulo, Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro. They have been summoned through the usual far-right channels of social networks. A means of dissemination that the bolsonarist bases have used since Bolsonaro’s election victory in 2018, echoing the populist-style handbook that Donald Trump expanded in the United States.

The fear of a turbulent transfer of power is still present. Because to the protests in front of the barracks we have to add the roadblocks. Hundreds of truck drivers held the state’s highway closures for at least a fortnight this Wednesday. The truck drivers are an important constituency for Bolsonaro, as they took advantage of their politicians to cut fuel prices. The highway police (PRF for the Portuguese acronym) counted 167 barricades in different parts of the country, especially in Santa Catarina and Mato Grosso, where Bolsonaro has strong popular support. Monday there were nearly 500 roadblocks.

The lockdowns have already caused major setbacks for the economy. There are problems with the distribution of fuel, the production of meat, the delivery of food to supermarkets and the shipment of grain to ports for export. And Anvisa, the national health agency, has warned that lockdowns could lead to shortages of medical supplies. Police are working hard to contain the protests. There have been clashes at some barricades, with no casualties or personal injury so far. The PRF has already filed more than 900 fines for reducing traffic.

It appeared that with his intervention on Tuesday in which he affirmed that he will abide by the constitution, Bolsonaro had deactivated his loftiest bases. After more than 40 hours of funeral silence, the still president dismissed the coup plotters on the highways, though he said the “popular movement” was “the result of outrage and a sense of injustice at how the electoral process unfolded”. Recognizing his defeat before Supreme Court justices, Bolsonaro confirmed that “peaceful demonstrations will always be welcome”, but indicated that his methods “cannot be those of the left”, stressing that no one has “the right to come and go.” .”

There is therefore a rift between official Bolsonaroism and its bases in the way the poll results are assumed. As the most lofty sympathizers organize to protest, members of the government are already openly admitting defeat and preparing for an orderly transfer of power.

For example, the still vice president, Hamilton Mourao, assured this Wednesday that while he does not share it with those who confirm that there was electoral fraud, he also believes that “one of the players”, in clear reference to Lula, is not have participated. “We agreed to play a match with another player who should not have played. If we agree there is nothing to claim. From there there is no point in crying, we have lost the match” , says Mourao in an interview for the newspaper ‘O Globo’.

In that sense, Mourao, who was elected senator in the first round, emphasized that the protests should have taken place when “the player who should not have played” was authorized. “They should have taken to the streets there, but they didn’t. There are 58 million dissenters, but they agreed to play the game, so they need to calm down,” he said.

Lula was acquitted of his two corruption charges in March 2021, after spending 580 days behind bars. The Supreme Court ruled that he had not had a fair trial because the magistrate had not been impartial and that the court that sentenced him had no jurisdiction to do so. He was sentenced to 26 years in prison.

Source: La Verdad

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