the outgoing president Jair Bolsonaro continues in a daze and personal rebellion without acknowledging defeat in Sunday’s elections, an attitude questioned by his own relatives but this animates protests of unpredictable development on the part of its most radical allies.
There are over 2,300 roadblocks in 24 states of the country, in demonstrations led by truck drivers aligned with the president who denounce alleged fraud and ask for a military coup which prevents the hiring of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
The operation includes a shower of fake news in the networks, with false attributions to the international media including Clarioneon the “discovery” of “a gigantic fraud” and the revelation that the president calls to mobilize the military.
They are easily verifiable lies, but in areas like the south of the country, regions with a firm vote for the president, these versions caused unrest among the residents even beyond the denials, as this envoy was able to corroborate in the dialogue with the Argentine residents in Santa Catarina.
This crisis has grown in the last few hours since the close of the elections. The Supreme Court ordered the Traffic Police to clear the streets anyway. organized extraordinary fine of 2 thousand dollars per hour from this Tuesday to truck drivers who do not retire.
He also ordered the arrest and prosecution of the leaders of that security force if they oppose the execution of the order, suspecting a certain solidarity of the troops in the protest.
These suspicions are well founded. In Santa Catarina, police officers appear to openly support the protest. One of them took the microphone from the demonstrators, told them “we are with you” and called “Resist for 72 hours” until President Bolsonaro decides his next steps.
Brasilia, barricade
The capital Brasilia, in turn, is barricaded For fear of incidents against the seat of the judiciary and the president there, he has maintained an embarrassed silence since the end of the elections, at his residence in Alborada.
This attitude contrasts with homogeneous and resonant international support which includes the elected president Da Silva, whose victory has already been recognized by the two Houses of Congress, by the Supreme Court, by the Armed Forces. and much of the ruling Bolsonist party.
A large group of presidents around the world has already communicated with the winner of the elections to congratulate him, the most relevant being that of the United States, Joe Biden, who has already been supporting two telephone conversations with the elected president.
Bad education and aching loser
The media, even those most critical of the PT and kind to the management of the defeated president, are pointing out how to act of “bad manners” and bad loser the refusal of the Head of State to public recognition of the results of the elections.
The situation has extravagant extremes. It is stated here that Bolsonaro went into personal crisis when he learned of his defeat due to the small difference of 1.8% against the leader of the PT.
He was unable to sleep at night from Sunday to Monday, but the most striking of his complaints is that he reproaches him for having been intentionally damaged for justice that ticket payment released on public transport on election day.
According to Bolsonaro, this allowed low-income voters to reach out to locals to cast their votes, which amplified Da Silva’s support base.
On election day, the traffic police carried out hundreds of procedures on routes not authorized by justice, stopping buses precisely to hinder the arrival of voters at the polling stations. The incident produced a court scandal that day with requests from the PT to stop the leadership of that force.
Guarulhos, struck
One of the most serious blocks occurs in the access to the Guarulhos de São Paulo airport, which he forced suspend the departure of several flights, including Latam and America Airlines.
Truckers are a chamber of businessmen and unionized drivers who have performed numerous acts throughout the Bolsonaro administration in support of the president, always with roadblocks.
They had threatened that if the head of state lost the election he would launch again to stop traffic and even advance in their huge vehicles. on the seats of judicial powers in Brasilia who are those who have legalized the victory of the PT leader.
The crisis had a soap opera side when the first lady, Michelle Bolsonaro, decided to go out and deny it your marriage is in crisis with the president because of the defeat.
The 67-year-old president married Michelle, 40, in 2013. The couple have a daughter, Laura. An ardent evangelical devotee, the first lady ran her own election campaign by praying with pastors and women and proclaiming that the Bible supports “That we must vote for the right”. She recently posted smiling photos with a young hairdresser and a friend.
On Monday evening, part of the cabinet and the president’s relatives contained him and tried to persuade him to give a speech to the country with recognition of the result. “Later it’s worse” it has been said.
A friend of Bolsonaro’s revealed to the local press that the head of state he is depressed and resists talking about its future and the fate of the gigantic mass of over 58 million votes, almost 50% of the country, which it collected on Sunday.
a tempting universe campaign that is stirring the imagination of a legion of politicians who intend to take Bolsonaro’s place and take command of the opposition with that huge mass of dissidents.
The ministers, including the Minister of Economy Paulo Guedes and the Minister of the Civil House (Chief of Staff) Ciro Nogueira, whom the latter has already contacted the PT for organize the transition they prepared a text for the consideration of Bolsonaro.
In that role, the president acknowledges the accomplishment, but submit complaints for maneuvers that, in his opinion, have damaged them, including that relating to the release of public transport.
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Source: Clarin
