Brazil is confused! Bolsonaro supporters occupy Congress

According to reports in the country’s press, groups shouting slogans demanding the intervention of the army broke through the police barrier and entered the Congress building. Police used tear gas to disperse far-right pro-Bolsonaro protesters.

Bolsonaro supporters, who organized a protest against Brazil’s new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, called for the intervention of the military. Some protesters were seen climbing on the roofs of the House of Representatives and Senate buildings.

MESSAGES OF SUPPORT FROM THE US AND THE EU

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned the raid on the National Congress by hundreds of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro and supported President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Blinken, in his Twitter post, stated that they condemn today’s attacks against the Presidency, Congress and the Supreme Court of Brazil, and included the following statements:

“It is never acceptable to violently attack democratic institutions. We agree with the call of Brazilian President Lula for the immediate cessation of such actions.”

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan shared a similar post, stating that the US condemns any efforts to undermine democracy in Brazil.

“President Biden is closely monitoring the situation.” Sullivan said they support Brazil’s democratic institutions. “Brazilian democracy will not be violently shaken,” Sullivan said. he performed the assessment of it.

The European Union (EU) condemned the raid on the National Congress by hundreds of far-right supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil and expressed its support for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said Bolsonaro’s supporters strongly condemned the raid on government buildings.

Borrell said: “The EU reiterates its full support for President Lula and the democratic system of Brazil and expresses its solidarity with the democratic institutions that are the object of this attack. Brazil’s democracy will prevail over violence and extremism.” he used the phrase.

Calling on Bolsonaro to act responsibly, Borrell asked the former president to urge his supporters to return to their homes.

SUPPORT FOR LULA FROM SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and the Portuguese government supported Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, condemning the raid on the National Congress by hundreds of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro.

“My full support for the institutions elected democratically and freely by the Brazilian people and for President Lula,” Sánchez wrote on his Twitter account. she used the phrase.

Sánchez stressed that they “strongly condemned” the raid on the National Congress in Brazil and stated that they “call for a return to democratic normality as soon as possible.”

In a written statement from the left-wing government in Portugal, it was noted that “the anti-democratic, disruptive and violent actions that took place today in Brasilia are condemned.”

Emphasizing solidarity with President Lula da Silva in Brazil, the statement stated that “support is provided to the Brazilian authorities to restore public order and legality in the country.”

WHAT HAPPENED?

In the second round of the presidential elections held on October 30, 2022 in Brazil, the largest country in South America with a population of more than 212 million, former leftist President Lula, who ruled the country for two terms, he voted with 50.9 percent and the far-right Bolsonaro 49.1 percent.

After the election results were announced, Bolsonaro supporters first held roadblocks in the country for days and then called on the armed forces to intervene against Lula’s assumption of the presidency during demonstrations in front of the barracks. Army general.

On November 15, the 123rd anniversary of the proclamation of the republic in the country, supporters of Bolsonaro held demonstrations near military barracks in the cities of Brasilia, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife and Belém, calling on the army to intervene against Lula. .

Former President Lula da Silva, who won the second round of Brazil’s presidential elections, was sworn in on January 1, 2023. (BRITISH AUTOMOBILE CLUB)