After the assault on the presidential palace in Brazil by followers of former president Jair Bolsonaro this Sunday, the current president spoke in a letter that has also been signed by the heads of Congress and the Supreme Court.
In their statement, the powers of the Republic condemned “the terrorist acts” that occurred in Brasilia.
“The powers of the Republic, defenders of democracy and the Constitutional Charter of 1988, reject the terrorist, vandalism, criminal and coup acts that occurred yesterday afternoon in Brasilia,” they stated in their letter.
The world condemns the attack by followers of Jair Bolsonaro and supports Lula da Silva
“We are united so that institutional measures are taken, in the terms of Brazilian laws,” the letter continues. “We call on society to maintain serenity, in defense of peace and democracy in our homeland,” she adds.
“The country needs normality, respect and work for the progress and social justice of the nation,” concludes the letter posted on Twitter.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who took office on January 1, 2023, edged out Bolsonaro in last year’s presidential election by a slim margin.
vandalized presidential headquarters
Floors stripped of their original stones, broken glass, furniture half-submerged in water, and a persistent smell of tear gas. The state of the Planalto Palace, headquarters of the Presidency in Brasilia assaulted by Bolsonarists, brought tears to some of the officials who arrived at the headquarters this Monday.
“I cried,” said an official upon returning to work in the outraged building on Monday, a day after the massive invasion of the facilities by followers of the far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro.
The cleaning crews swept and began to pick up chairs and other furniture left on the front, some peeking out over the reflecting pool of the building with large spaces and an icon of modernist architecture.
Meanwhile, government employees tried to recover some normality after the invasion of followers of the former president.
The demonstrators, who demanded a military intervention to remove Lula from power, broke through the police barriers and penetrated the Congress and the headquarters of the Presidency and the Supreme Court, located in the Plaza de los Tres Poderes, destroying much of what they found. in his wake.
fallen former presidents
The incidents on Sunday left facades marked with graffiti and broken glass; inside public buildings, doors and windows were damaged and some offices were vandalized.
In Planalto, protesters tore up stones from the ground to use as ammunition against the police and the glass windows on the façade of this jewel created by the renowned Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, in a city imagined by the urban planner Lucio Costa that was registered by the Unesco as Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Fire hoses, chairs and other furniture such as a large carved wooden table were thrown out into the open, along with the remains of projectiles and tear gas used by the authorities to clear the invaded area.
A slight smell of gas was perceptible in the surroundings, more than twelve hours after the incidents.
But the atmosphere was calm, with a handful of security guards guarding the doors, with no sign of the uniformed riot police who occupied the place on Sunday night.
Inside the lobby, the photographs of the former presidents of Brazil lay on the floor torn and with their frames broken, with the marble wall where they usually stand as a silent witness to the fury of the protesters.
Traces of blood were still visible in offices on the ground floor, according to an official. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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