Assault on power in Brazil: Lula da Silva returns to Planalto, there are checkpoints and the army disarms the camps

The day after the invasion by the Bolsonarists of the three palaces of power in Brasilia: the Congress, the Planalto and the Court of Justice, Lula da Silva It resumes its activities this Monday with a meeting with governors to analyze the crisis that surprised him a week after taking office.

Meanwhile the wave of Bolsonaro I wasn’t calm in the early hours of this Monday. Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro blocked roads and paths in São Paulo and other states across the country on Monday.

A group of activists blocked the avenue Marginal Tieté, one of the main avenues of the city of São Paulo, at 6 in the morning, where they burned trash and tires, causing a traffic jam of several blocks, reported the Globo chain.

The National Traffic Police reported that there have also been total or partial roadblocks in various states, particularly in Santa Catarina, in the southern region, and in Mato Grosso, in the Amazon region.

Bolsonarist camps

The Federal Supreme Court has also ordered the evacuation of the Bolsonaro camps deployed in various cities of the country in front of Army units.

On Monday morning, shortly after eight o’clock, the security forces surrounded the Bolsonaristas encamped in Brasilia and part of the demonstrators left the place, reported O’Globo.

However, other protesters remained this Monday installed in front of an army unit in Ibirapuera park, in Sao Paulo, despite the evacuation orders of the Federal Supreme Court.

In addition, the National Traffic Police reported that non-conformists carried out total or partial roadblocks in various states, particularly in Santa Catarina, in the southern region, and in Mato Grosso, in the Amazon region.

suspended governor

Events unleashed on Sunday when a flood of protesters dressed in yellow and green -the colors of Bolsonaro’s flag and campaign- shortly after 2 in the afternoon he stormed the seat of the three powers of the state in the Brazilian capital, in an unprecedented outbreak of violence that immediately sparked a wave of condemnations inside and outside the country.

After more than four hours of maximum tension, the Brazilian authorities have confirmed that the Police regained control of the buildings and managed to clear out the demonstrators, in an operation that included tear gas and clashes. There are at least 400 inmates.

At least 46 people were injured, six of them seriously and two undergoing emergency surgery, the Brasilia hospital reported Monday, according to news site 20 Minutes.

But there have also been political “victims”, a judge of Brazil’s Supreme Court removed the governor of the Federal District of Brasilia, Ibaneis Rocha, from office for 90 days, after Sunday’s attack.

The decision was made by magistrate Alexandre de Moraes, who also ordered state security bodies and forces to take action to clear any type of street or public building occupied by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro across the country.

An indignant Lula da Silva ordered Brasilia to intervene until January 31, and promised retribution to the “vandals” who staged the takeovers.

Lula launched harsh criticisms against Bolsonaroof which he said he “ran away” in order not to give him the presidential sash, something unprecedented in decades of democracy in the country.

The progressive leader returned to Brasilia at night and inspected the serious damage caused to the headquarters of the country’s three powers. In his last public appearance of the day, Lula said that this Monday he “will resume work on Palazzo Planalto”. “Democracy always. Good night,” the president tweeted.

Clarin newsroom with information from the agency and local media

ap