Just two days after the anniversary of the assault on the United States Capitol, something similar is happening in Brazil. A group of extreme right and supporter of Jair Bolsonaro, breaks into the Congress located in the city of Brasilia.
An attack that is very reminiscent of that of January 2021. In which a group of supporters of Donald Trump forced their way into the US Parliament.
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Similarities with the attack on the Capitol. Same month, almost same time and many repeating patterns. There are pictures that prove it:
- Breaking windows with fences. It happened first in 2021 and is repeated in Brasilia. Several assailants use the retaining fences to destroy the building’s glass.
- Destruction of facilities. Once inside, they take the opportunity to destroy the furniture and make their way between the rooms. Some break with their fists or with other objects, windows and furniture.
- Teasing inside the offices. The thugs enter the offices and make fun of the politicians. They sit with their legs up on the tables.
- Immortalize the moment. There are those who have entered Congress to take photos and record videos from the inside. Of course, they cover their faces with handkerchiefs so that they do not recognize them. Something that they seem to have learned after what happened in the United States. There, they are using the recordings and photos to identify the assailants.
- There were not enough troops. Security was lacking at the United States Capitol. There were not enough agents to contain the revolt. Something that has also happened in the Brazilian Congress.
President Lula Da Silva accuses the governor of the Federal District of Brasilia, Ibaneis Rocha, and a supporter of Bolsonaro, of not having reinforced security, despite knowing the call for riots. Rocha, apologized to Lula through a twitter video, but even so, he has been removed from office for 90 days.
- Attacks on security forces. In both rounds, there have been riots. The most violent attackers have assaulted the police officers.
The reason. The revolts have their origin in rumors of electoral fraud. Both Donald Trump in his speech on the same day as the assault on the Capitol, as well as the repeated occasions in which Jair Bolsonaro has spoken of the supposed malfunction of the Brazilian voting system, have increased the tension among his followers.
- Bolsonaro himself, in a direct on his Facebook account, accused the current government of sabotaging the polls: “The votes that are transmitted to Brasilia go to a secret ballot box. My God, the count has to be public but it is done in a secret room “.
Electoral fraud in Brazil. Even in 2018, when he won the elections, Bolsonaro spoke of fraud. There was a second round that, according to the former Brazilian president, was the result of an alleged theft of votes by the left.
- The Brazilian vote counting system is one of the few in the world that is done completely digitally. According to various studies, this reduces the chances of falsifying votes, and Bolsonaro’s accusations would be denied.
- Accusations very similar to those of Donald Trump, who, after the results of the last elections, encouraged his followers to appear at the Capitol and claim their position. He was talking about a fraudulent recount of the votes.
Following the example of the United States. Another similarity with the attack on the Capitol is that in both cases the outgoing president did not acknowledge defeat and did not participate in the change of command ceremony.
In fact, the former president of Brazil continues to use his old position in the description of his Twitter profile.
Reactions to assaults. Bolsonaro has only spoken through Twitter. His response to the assault has been a mild condemnation of violent acts. He compares the riots to two demonstrations in 2013 and 2017 where the incidents were much smaller:
“Peaceful demonstrations, in the form of law, are part of democracy. However, depredations and invasions of public buildings such as those that occurred today, as well as those practiced by the left in 2013 and 2017, escape the rule.”
Donald Trump did something similar after the attack on the Capitol. He asked that state security forces not be attacked: “I ask everyone in the United States Capitol to remain in peace. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law and Order: respect the Law and to our great men and women of Azul. Thank you!”
They are two cases with many similarities. Both movements with the same ideology and many repeating patterns. The images speak for themselves, the United States could serve as a model for the mobilizations in Brazil.
Now, as in the case of the Capitol, the causes are being investigated and those responsible for the incidents in the Brazilian Congress are being sought.
Source: Lasexta
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