So far, he has not congratulated Lula da Silva nor has he publicly acknowledged his defeat. Meanwhile, supporters of Brazil’s still far-right president have blocked several highways.
Euskaraz irakurri: Bolsonaroren isiltasunak ezinegona areagotu du Brasilen
One day after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was elected president, Jair Bolsonaro remains silent while Brazil remains semi-paralyzed with hundreds of roadblocks from all over the country orchestrated by truckers who do not accept the defeat of the far-right leader.
Lula won Sunday’s elections with 50.9% of the vote, compared to 49.1% for Bolsonaro and, 24 hours after the final result was known, the current president, who aspired to re-election, has not yet spoken. about the election results. That silence from the president keeps the country and the world in suspense, since during the campaign the far-right leader threatened to only accept the results of the polls if he considered that the elections had been transparent.
So far, the only person close to the head of state or high-ranking official who has spoken about the result has been Senator Flavio Bolsonaroeldest son of the president, who has thanked the support of his father’s voters and has indicated that they will not “give up” on Brazil, through a message posted on Twitter.
Faced with Bolsonaro’s silence, the deputy Gleisi Hoffman, president of the Workers’ Party (PT), the formation led by Lula, has assured that, if there is no statement from the president in 48 hours, they will unilaterally initiate the transition process. “By law we have 48 hours to start that (the transition), to organize ourselves and then talk with the government,” the PT leader specified.
For his part, on his first day as president-elect, Lula held a series of meetings and conversations with leaders and personalities from around the world.
Since Sunday night, Bolsonaro truckers began to block several roads in the country in protest at the victory of the progressive leader in the presidential elections, which they consider to be the product of fraud. According to the most recent data from the Highway Police, some 250 blockades have been recorded, several of which affect border areas in the south and north of the country and which already affect 20 of the 27 states of the South American giant.
Given the situation, the Brazilian Public Ministry demanded this Monday that the Federal Highway Police inform, within a maximum period of 24 hours, the measures adopted to clear the blocked roads and recalled that it can open an investigation in case it considers that the organism has been negligent for the solution of the problem.
Source: Eitb
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