At the moment, we are working with the police forces. The local press quoted the governor of the Brazilian capital as saying that all police forces (…) are in the streets, “and the order is to arrest the vandals.”
The police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at the protesters.
About 200 demonstrators, who refused to recognize Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s victory in the presidential election, blocked some main roads in Brasília. The local press reported that due to the blockade, several people were trapped inside one of the largest shopping malls in Brasilia.
The unrest arose following the arrest, by decision of the Federal Supreme Court, of an indigenous person known as José Acacio Tserere Zavante, for his participation in anti-democratic demonstrations.
The military police in Brasília also beefed up security at the hotel where Brazil’s elected president, whose victory was confirmed on Monday by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), is staying.
Since the second presidential round, on October 30, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters have taken to the streets to protest the election results and demand the military’s “intervention” to prevent Lula da Silva from taking office.
In front of the army headquarters, in Brasília, the largest manifestation of the “Bolsonaristas” is concentrated, who have created an authentic “parallel city”, from which they demand military intervention to annul the election result.
On Monday, thousands of Bolsonaro supporters gathered in the garden of Alvorada Palace, the official residence of Brazil’s head of state, on what they considered “Victory Day” to prevent Lula da Silva from going uphill.
A few kilometers away, the ceremony took place at the TSE, where Lula da Silva and the vice-president-elect, Geraldo Alcmene, received certificates confirming their victory in the October presidential elections and making them fit to take office on January 01, 2023.
Jair Bolsonaro met the protesters near the Alvorada Palace, accompanied by a priest preaching to his supporters.
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