Hundreds of supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro tried to storm the congress in the capital Brasília. They entered Parliament grounds on Sunday and climbed the roof of the building, TV footage showed. Police used pepper spray. “I condemn these anti-democratic acts, which must be urgently punished with the harshness of the law,” Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco wrote on Twitter.
If you continuously forward Bolsonaro, you send President of the EUA, and that is why….🇧🇷🤷🏻♂️@jairbolsonaro pic.twitter.com/Kvhv9vn9An
— Renzo_Gracie_BJJ (@RenzoGracieBJJ) January 7, 2023
URGENTE: Invasores quebram vidraças da chapelaria do Congresso and invasion of Câmara dos Deputados. Extremists are not Salão Verde and there are no pre-advices. Também has an invasion of the Palácio do Planalto. Presidente Lula is not local. pic.twitter.com/lP91pLqTuf
— Renato Souza (@reporterenato) January 8, 2023
The right-wing president Bolsonaro lost in the second round to left-wing politician Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva last October and left office around the turn of the year. He never explicitly acknowledged his defeat. Even after the election, radical supporters of the ex-serviceman had repeatedly protested Lula’s victory and called on the country’s armed forces to stage a military coup. (sda/dpa)
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