“It’s over”. With that sentence said to the judges of the Supreme Court, Jair Bolsonaro, he concluded his battle against Lula da Silva, while the coup protest of the truckers was reduced this Wednesday in Brazil. The measure, however, continued on at least 167 federal routes in 17 states of the country after the ambiguous speech of the president, allowing the passage of power, two days before the elections.
Bolsonaro, who according to his relatives reacted with depression and disbelief to his defeat, told the judges of the Tribunal that his personal battle against Lula da Silva is over. “It’s over, now let’s look ahead”stated as revealed by magistrate Luiz Edson Fachin.
The meeting and confession with the seven magistrates took place after Bolsonaro’s breakup a silence of two days with a speech with which he opened the doors to the transfer of power without congratulating or acknowledging the victory of his rival.
The spokespersons of the carriers, in communications via Telegram, interpreted that in that message the president called to continue with the blocks in which a military coup is required to prevent the hiring of the new government.
Bolsonaro in his speech at the palace argued that the porters’ rebellion, which he defined as “popular movements”, were “Fruit of indignation and the feeling of injustice for how the electoral process took place ”.
and added a lukewarm pretense to put an end to these protests, who were encouraged by the president’s own extremist allies, protected by the leadership of the traffic police who clearly delayed take measures against blockages.
The general manager of that force, Silvinei Marques, is a militant in full harmony with the outgoing president, according to what has been posted on the net, and is sponsored by one of the president’s sons, Flavio Bolsonaro.
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Here it emerged that they had been there for at least six days before the elections an armed organization in the networks to recruit truckers from the most radical Bolsonist sectors a go to work on the streets.
That means, there was previous intelligence to prevent these protests, but there are two strong assumptions, one very clear which is the traffic police support for the demonstrations and another more glassy on the involvement of the Bolsonaro family in the management of locks.
Truck, Bible and flag
Carriers, who are in particular radical Bolsonist militants driving trucks, were at checkpoints this Wednesday, display of bibles, flag of brazil and the belief with no evidence at hand that there was a fraud on Sunday that prevented the re-election of their leader.
The argument against the election was constructed by the sovereign himself with his constant criticism of the transparency of electronic ballot boxes, but without proving his observations. A taxi driver told this correspondent Wednesday afternoon that “it was clear they would do a manipulation so that Lula would win “.
When the reporter asked him what he based that idea on, the answer was confused and he ended up doing it appealing to Bolsonaro’s complaints and their parliamentary children.
Blocks to “defend the word of God”
Religion for the evangelical journey He also appeared in the truckers’ rebellion and in the same campaign for that sector’s support of the outgoing president.
“We come here for defend the word of God, so that the churches are not closed and abortion is not promoted, ”one of the unemployed motorists told reporters.
The first lady, Michelle Bolsonaro, devoted to evangelization in its version more conservative she had campaigned for her husband on the grounds that “The Bible commands that you must vote for the righteous”.
A challenge for the next government
The new government will have to deal with these people and these criteria after taking office on January 1st. For many analysts and observers here, these protests are for no other purpose than to exhibit the existence of a block of strength capable of paralyze the country.
It is a phenomenon that can become a real and more serious threat at a later time, when the economic picture is expected to become complicated in 2023, according to the forecasts of specialists here and abroad due to the tax reds that the next administration will inherit.
The court justices’ notice that Bolsonaro had told them that this is over ” it was also meant to motivate truckers to retire. In general, what has been achieved is to disarm a large number of checkpoints and leave the lanes enabled in others. But the crisis caused supply problems.
The governor of Minas Gerais, Romeo Zema, a liberal businessman, an ally of Bolsonaro, has repudiated this protest and calls for a return to normalcy to avoid the shortage of gasoline and goods.
Television also multiplies the stories of family tragedies, of patients who they could not continue their treatments of severe diseases from bites.
Brazilian prosecutors described it “insurrection”, these protests what will be transferred to coverage in the trials against the picket perpetrators, they said Clarione judicial sources of Brasilia.
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Source: Clarin
