Last October 30 Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silvaof the Workers’ Party, defeated in the brazilian general elections his opponent, the still president Jair Bolsonaro, of the Liberal Party (PL). From that very moment the Bolsonaristas they rejected their victory and demanded that the elections be repeated. During the day of the vote, thousands of supporters of the former liberal president tThey took to the streets of the main Brazilian cities to protest against Lula’s victory. Despite the fact that Bolsonaro asked that the roads stop being blocked, considered the protests “legitimate”.
Bolsonaro broke his silence and spoke of “injustice”
Two days later, on November 1, Bolsonaro broke his silence after the defeat and spoke of “injustice”, although he assured that he would comply with the Constitution. He also did not allude directly to the victory of his rival.
protests in the streets
Meanwhile, far-right trucker groups were demanding a “military intervention” to prevent the transfer of power to Lula da Silva. They blocked roads in almost the entire country and warned: they would only end the protest when “the Army intervened to “prevent communism from returning.”
Millionaire fine to the PL
On November 24 the Liberal Party received the following news: would have to pay a fine of 22.9 million reais (more than four million euros) for requesting the annulment of presidential votes, according to a decision of the Superior Electoral Tribunal. The PL questioned 61% of the electronic ballot boxes used in the second round of the elections, on October 30.
40 kilos of explosives within hours of the investiture
A week after the inauguration (January 1), a group of police officers found 40 kilos of explosives in the field, just 35 kilometers of the area where Lula was going to take office.
new legislature
Lula da Silva began his third term on January 1. She did it in a massive ceremony in which he promised to end the inequalities in the country. The inauguration was celebrated with strong popular support and international backing. The act of possession was carried out with the absence of Jair Bolsonaro. The former president left Brazil to travel to the United States. He refused to acknowledge Lula’s triumph and, with his absence, wanted to avoid having to hand him the presidential sash. On Twitter, a day later, Bolsonaro still it was displayed as “president of Brazil”.
Parallels with the assault on the Capitol
During a speech on the laSexta news program after the invasion of the headquarters of the three powers in Brazil by radical Bolsonaro supporters, the co-director of ‘The World Order’, Eduardo Saldaña, recalled how Bolsonaro fed “this movement of the extreme right” since he came to power. “He is a trumpista in a Brazilian version and one of the main responsible for what we are seeing right now. We find ourselves with the ideology that he has been building through his years in office”, he lamented. He has also indicated the parallelism with the storming the capitol In U.S.A. “The background is very similar, and it has always been said that Donald Trump led the way“, he stressed.
Analysis of the assault: “It is one more step in the radicalization of the extreme right”
Eduardo Saldaña has indicated that the assault on Congress is the result “of the frustration that the Bolsonaristas have been accumulating these weeks and one more step in the radicalization of the Brazilian extreme right“.
The expert sees no risk of a civil confrontation because the military “until now have maintained a firm position, recognizing the electoral process“. However, he has warned that “we are going to find with a very radicalized Brazilian extreme right, with significant possession of weapons”.
Source: Lasexta
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