An immense security system will protect Lula’s employment in Brasilia

The new Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will take office on January 1 surrounded by an extraordinary security system in preventing any kind of incident due to the tensions that are surrounding the transition of power like never before.

It is unclear whether outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro will attend the ceremony, but his closest aides, including his Vice President Hamilton Mourao, have indicated he would probably preferBolsonaro would be absent so far he has not publicly acknowledged Lula da Silva’s victory.

A report of or globe He specified that the ceremony in Brasilia will involve about 700 federal policemen, bomb squads, plainclothes agents, snipers and anti-drone barriers.

“This structure was designed by the Secretariat of Public Security of the Federal District and the transition team of the new government, which has shown concern about the undemocratic acts carried out in Brasilia” and in the rest of the country, the report added.

The details

He alludes to the demonstrations that have been repeated since the October elections in front of the barracks call for a military coup which prevents the hiring of the former president.

The details of the security plan were discussed on Thursday by the president-elect’s team and the federal capital’s police force. This Thursday, Lula’s team met with the police forces of the Federal District to discuss the details of the security plan that provides for the presidential inauguration on January 1st.

“The meeting was attended by the first lady, Rosangela da Silva, Janja, the head of the federal police Andrei Passos, a member of the transition group, and the secretary of public security of the federal district, Júlio Danilo Ferreira,” said the website by O Globe. .

According to Ferreira, the Esplanada dos Ministérios will be closed and blocked access to trucks. Additionally, the plan includes at least three “review lines” of ceremony attendees. One of these will be mounted at the height of the Cathedral of Brasilia. The others will be behind the buildings housing the ministries.

“The goal is to prevent the infiltration of protesters enter the demonstration with weapons and sharp objects”.

During the event, equipment to neutralize the drone signal and prevent overflights in the area will be used, which will be activated on the esplanade, mainly during the traditional parade of the president-elect in the Presidency’s convertible Rolls-Royce.

monitoring

The device will only be turned off when the security team is conducting aerial crowd surveillance. According to the security system, if “there are intruder drones flying at that time, they will be shot down and the owners of the devices, prosecuted, explained the secretary of Public Security.

The previous act of December 12 at the Electoral Tribunal, also based in Brasilia, and which consists of the diploma consecrating the presidency of Lula da Silva, will be more restricted. Also the ceremony takes place inside the building that houses the Courtand not in the open space where the act of January 1 will take place.

“For this event, safety teams will be responsible for organizing traffic, sizing the expected audience and a plan for directing people who may need to be rescued during the event to hospitals. Also, will monitor social networks and groups of messages of possible threats,” says the Brazilian agency’s report. So far, according to the authorities, there has been no confirmed threat or danger.

The transfer of power has been complicated by the repudiation of the most radical sectors of Bolsonarismo, who insist that there was an election fraud in favor of Lula da Silva. There is, however, no No complaints about the failures of the electoral system.

The victory of the PT leader was immediately recognized by the leaders of Parliament, the Armed Forces and a large part of Bolsonaro’s cabinet. However, the protests of the defeated president’s supporters were not silenced.

Clarin Editorial