Brazil found itself suddenly paralysed and sliced after thousands of the outgoing president’s supporters blocked 227 key roads in it, including fast ones connecting the major cities and states, in protest against his loss in the second round of the elections that took place last Sunday. His left-wing opponent, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, emerged from it in first place.
Bolsonaro was silent after the announcement of the result late Sunday evening, until he left the presidential palace in the capital, Brazilia, and delivered a speech in front of media professionals who gathered on Tuesday afternoon, in which he thanked 58 million Brazilians who made their votes in his favor, and announced that he would “adhere to all the norms of the constitution. ” Without officially acknowledging his defeat, he nonetheless stated that Al Arabiya, as heard in the video.
net is presented below: It is a great honor to be a leader of millions of Brazilians who defend religious and economic freedom, “as he put it.
The shorter than two-minute statement by the right-wing extremist concluded with these further words: “God, the nation, and the family are our core beliefs, and they are strongly represented in Congress.
“He advised his supporters to protest in a nonviolent manner, without mentioning his defeat or contesting the results, and he avoided mentioning his opponent’s victory in his address, who received 50.9% of the votes, or 60 million, to Polsonaro’s 49.1%, despite being ten years older and 76 years old.
According to reports of traffic blocking incidents shortly after the announcement of the election results in roads 24 out of Millions and 500 thousand square kilometres, with residents of more than 217 million, some of his supporters are cut off from roads and the construction of barriers on them; they are drivers of trucks they stopped.
According to the video displayed, the Federal Highway Police reported 342 accidents yesterday that cut into a variety of roads. Despite warnings from the authorities that they would fine each driver 100,000 Brazilian riyals, or 19,300 dollars per hour, the cutting of roads persisted, especially in the states of the Brazilian south, which led to a serious upheaval that has been particularly detrimental to the food supply.
Fears of Bolsonaro also started to complicate the two-month transitional period, before the president-elected president took the constitutional oath on the first day of next January, with the remembrance of the hostile statements he had previously launched, including “God alone, who is able to remove my position.” In addition, he had hinted before the elections that he may not want to transfer power, by questioning the voting system.
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Supporters of Bolsonaro demonstrate and close numerous Brazilian highways.
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