A few hours after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s victory in the ballot against President Jair Bolsonaro, truckers began blocking routes in several Brazilian states, mainly in the southern region, where they observed Monday morning. long queues of late vehicles.
The most important blockages were observed in the state of Santa Catarina, where the federal highway BR 101 had three interception points, congestion of more than 10 km of stationary vehicles, the Federal Traffic Police (PRF, in Portuguese) reported.
There have also been blockages in the southern states of Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul.
“We’re just about to get out of here. when the army takes the situation into account“said one truck driver, UOL reported.
Bolsonarian MP Carla Zambielli tweeted at dawn on Monday “Congratulations truckers, don’t give up”
Meanwhile, the head of the Parliamentary Truckers’ Front, MP Nereu Crispim, said he “recognized the result of the elections which is the result of democracy”
Obstacles to the passage of vehicles also on the routes of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais, in the south-eastern region, the most populous of the country, as well as of Bahia and Mato Grosso.
Jair’s silence
Lula won this small Sunday over Bolsonaro (50.8 vs 49.1%) after a campaign in which the outgoing president raised the specter of fraud and he also toyed with the possibility of not recognizing the results, which he had not yet done in mid-morning on Monday.
After Lula’s victory, Bolsonaro locked himself up without receiving anyone.
About three hours after the official confirmation of his defeat at the polls, Bolsonaro had not made any statements nor had he wanted to receive his closest allies, according to parliamentary sources close to the president cited by the newspaper O Globo.
Ministers and deputies who tried to visit him in Brasilia’s official residence were told that the president did not want to see anyone.
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Source: Clarin
