Supporters of Brazil’s former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to just accept his electoral defeat, on Sunday invaded the Supreme Court, the Congress constructing and the presidential palace within the capital Brasilia, only a week after the inauguration of his leftist rival, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Thousands of demonstrators bypassed safety barricades, climbed on the roofs, broke home windows and invaded all three buildings, that are related via the huge Three Powers sq. in Brasilia. Some are calling for a navy intervention to revive the far-right Bolsonaro to energy.
Images on TV channel Globo News confirmed protesters roaming the presidential palace, a lot of them carrying inexperienced and yellow, the colours of the flag which have additionally come to represent the Bolsonaro authorities.
The incidents recalled the Jan. 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol, one thing many political analysts and the judiciary Bolsonaro have warned about for months. But on this case it’s possible that Congress and the Supreme Court had restricted personnel contained in the buildings on a Sunday.
Bolsonaro supporters have been protesting towards Lula’s electoral win since Oct. 30, blocking roads, setting autos on fires and gathering outdoors navy buildings, asking armed forces to intervene. Many believed election outcomes had been fraudulent or unreliable.
“This absurd attempt to impose their will by force will not prevail,” mentioned Justice Minister Flavio Dino on his Twitter account. “The government of the Federal District has ensured there will be reinforcements. And the forces at our disposal are at work.”
Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco mentioned he was in everlasting contact with Brasilia’s governor, Ibaneis Rocha, and that the whole police equipment had been mobilized to regulate the state of affairs.
Bolsonaro, who flew to the U.S. forward of Lula’s inauguration, has not but condemned or commented on the continued state of affairs.
