Jan nine (UPI) – Brazil’s government has continued to dismantle camps of protesters supporting former President Jair Bolsonaro, who stormed government buildings and the presidential palace on Sunday, calling the protests “terrorist acts” and those involved “criminals. “
Brazil’s fitness secretary said at least 70 other people were injured, six of them seriously injured, though no deaths were reported, the federal fitness secretary’s press team told CNN. the protests.
“The powers of the republic, defenders of democracy and the Constitutional Charter of 1988, reject the acts of terrorism, vandalism, criminals and scoundrels that occurred yesterday afternoon in Brasilia,” the Brazilian government said in its statement Monday.
“We are united for institutional measures to be taken, in accordance with Brazilian law. We call on society to serenity, for the defense of peace and democracy in our homeland. The country desires normality, respect and paints for the progress and social justice of the Nation. “
Rioters attacked Brazil’s seats of power, vandalizing offices and the presidential palace a week after the inauguration of Lula da Silva, who defeated the debatable Bolsonaro in a hotly contested runoff on Oct. 30. The real winner.
“President Lula’s chamber has more armor and they couldn’t get in,” Paulo Pimenta, the leading communications minister, told reporters.
Lula, a leftist politician who was Brazil’s president in the past from 2003 to 2010, accused Bolsonaro of being guilty of the unrest and said he had given “several speeches” encouraging the movements of his supporters.
In the October runoff, Lula won 50. 9% of the vote against Bolsonaro’s 49. 1%.
Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the government to withdraw protest camps, set up the army headquarters in Brasilia and elsewhere in the country. In turn, the protesters called on the army to interfere and seize power.