Post-election unrest continues in Brazil
2023.01.09 04:03
Post-election unrest continues in Brazil
Budrigannews.com – The key events that led up to the far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro supporters’ January 8 invasion of Brazil’s Supreme Court, Congress, and presidential palace to contest Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s election are listed below.
Oct 30. – In a run-off vote, Lula, who was president from 2003 to 2011, narrowly defeats Bolsonaro. In an effort to prevent Lula from taking office again, supporters of Bolsonaro gather for the first time outside military bases across Brazil.
Truckers who support Bolsonaro block roads across the country on October 30 and 31, following his defeat.
On November 2, supporters of Bolsonaro organize rallies across the country to call for the intervention of the armed forces.
On November 22, Bolsonaro files a complaint against the election authorities in Brazil, arguing that votes cast by certain machines should be “invalidated.”
The federal electoral court signs off on Lula’s victory in the election on December 12. Later that day, following the alleged anti-democratic actions of a pro-Bolsonaro indigenous leader’s arrest, Bolsonaro supporters attempt to invade the capital’s federal police headquarters.
On December 24, a man is detained for attempting to set off a bomb in opposition to the results of Brazil’s election. Reuters obtained a copy of George Washington de Oliveira Sousa’s police statement, which revealed that he was motivated to construct an arsenal by Bolsonaro’s long-standing support for arming civilians.
On December 29, Brazilian police make at least four arrests for an alleged coup attempt during riots by Bolsonaro supporters.
Bolsonaro lands in Florida on December 30—less than two days before Lula is scheduled to assume office.
Lula swears in as president for the third time on January 1, declaring that democracy was the true winner of the presidential election.
More Presidential Palace in Brazil is being searched
On January 8, supporters of Bolsonaro invade the presidential palace, Congress, and Supreme Court in Brasilia, emulating the gloomy invasion of the US Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump two years earlier.
