Despite the fact that the Federal Supreme Court ordered the Federal Traffic Police immediately clear hundreds of roads, they are still blocked by truckers who support Jair Bolsonaro and are unaware of the defeat against Lula da Silva. By noon on Tuesday, traffic police had removed 306 checkpoints, but more than 260 remained.
The majority of the judges of the court supported the decision, which accuses the traffic police “omission and inertia”. Failure to comply means that its director can be fined up to 100,000 reais (over $ 19,000) per hour, removed from his duties, and even arrested.
This Tuesday, and because of those protests, San Pablo was a traffic chaos, blocks and passengers were prevented from reaching the airport.
The Military Police was authorized to erect the pickets, which gave way to scenes in which officers fired tear gas against protesters in various blocs. Those battles spread across the country, although many of the cuts were dissolved with negotiations. The operation began to work more successfully in the afternoon.
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The Court ordered the clearing of the streets, while the truckers are calling for a military coup.
In the morning there were more than three hundred blockades in 24 states of the country organized by cells of Bolsonerist fanatics who reject the result of Sunday’s elections and demand a military coup to prevent the hiring of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva who clearly won the elections .
The coup operation includes a flurry of fake news on the networks, with false attributions to international media including Clarioneon him “Discovery” of “a gigantic scam” and the revelation that the president is calling to mobilize the military. They are quickly verifiable lies, the result of the elections was recognized by all Brazilian institutions, including the military commands.
The president’s attitude became more shocking after his vice president, General Hamilton Mourao, congratulated Vice President-elect Geraldo Alckmin on Luis Inacio Lula da Silva’s victory in the elections.
The Supreme Court ordered the traffic police to clear the streets to free traffic. 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, a Bolsonarian region, 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, was barricaded for fear of accidents against the seat of the judiciary and right there the president has kept an embarrassed silence since the end of the elections, in his residence in Alborada.
This attitude contrasts with the homogeneous e resounding international support received by elected president Da Silva, whose victory had already been recognized by the two Houses of Congress, the Supreme Court, the Armed Forces. and much of the ruling Bolsonist party, including the governors of the influential Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais, both parties to the government.
A large group of presidents from around the world communicated with the winner of the elections to congratulate him, the most prominent Joe Biden, of the United States, who has already had two telephone conversations with the president-elect since Sunday.
Guarulhos, struck
One of the most serious locks occurs upon access to Guarulhos airport of San Pablo, which forced the suspension of the departure of about 40 flights, including Latam and America Airlines.
Social networks broadcast videos showing travelers walking with their luggage on their way to the airport.
The protest also produces supply problems in supermarkets and fuel problems in service stations.
The governor of San Pablo, Rodrigo García, has guaranteed that it will be used “all the necessary strength against the truck drivers, to whom he reminded that “the elections are over”, that “there is a result of the polls” and that there is “an elected president, who is Lula”.
The truckers are a group of businessmen and union drivers who have carried out numerous similar acts in support of the president, always with roadblocks. This time they don’t have the support of their leaders, the protests are largely spontaneous, which makes them more dangerous.
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Source: Clarin
