Radical followers of President Jair Bolsonaro unleashed a wave of violence between late this Monday night and this Tuesday morning in Brasilia, setting fire to cars and attempting to break into federal police headquarters to try to free the imprisoned extremist. . The wave of violence erupted hours after the TSE, the Supreme Electoral Court, awarded Lula da Silva with the diploma of President-elect, making him eligible to take office as President of Brazil on January 1.
The situation became even more serious when militants wearing Bolisonar insignia tried to approach the hotel where Lula da Silva was staying in the Brazilian capital, infiltrating through several streets, with the intention of invading the establishment and getting to the elected president. The demonstrators, who by this point had already set fire to public transport and crossed the streets around the hotel, were driven off by gas grenades and rubber bullets by the security forces of the president-elect, formed from special agents of the federal police, and then permanently eliminated by shock troops of the military police.
No one could say exactly what was happening, but special forces of various police forces were sent to the central area of the city. The hotel where Lula da Silva was staying was surrounded by reinforcements of special forces soldiers of the Federal Police and the Military Police with ballistic shields and heavy weapons, and the evacuation of the future head of state by helicopter was envisaged, but did not take place. necessary.
Bolsonaro radical attacks spread throughout the city, frightening the population and causing great fear among the authorities and the political class. Cars caught fire in various parts of the city, and near the Federal Police, another place where the situation became critical, gunshots were heard as an angry mob tried to break into the building to free ultra-radical evangelical pastor José Acasio Cerere Xavante. , arrested hours earlier for systematic attacks on democracy and for advocating the closure of the Supreme Court and military intervention to keep Bolsonaro in power.
Radicals who do not recognize the election of Lula da Silva have taken to the streets of Brasilia since the second presidential round, October 30, mostly around the barracks, asking the Armed Forces to carry out a coup d’état and prevent Lula’s inauguration. These radicals threatened to try to interfere with Lula’s diplomacy, which took place this Monday afternoon, but a strong police force blocked the streets around the Electoral Court and prevented the approach of hostile demonstrators who began to attack Brasilia after the end of the ceremony and the inexplicable relaxation of the security forces.
On Friday, after 40 days of silence, Jair Bolsonaro again appeared before a group of radicals and said that it was they who should decide both his future and the future of Brazil, encouraging extremist actions. Brasilia Governor Ibaneis Rocha, an ally of Bolsonaro who has been widely criticized for being slow to respond to criminal acts, called on all police forces in Brasilia and neighboring cities to take to the streets of the capital, and the situation in the city became calmer. mid morning on Tuesday.
Author: Domingos Grilo Serrinha as well as Correspondent in Brazil
Source: CM Jornal
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