President of Brazil: The fascists who stormed Congress must be punished

On Sunday, several thousand supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the Brazilian Congress building and two other government buildings in the same area of ​​the capital, Brasilia. It is said that people got in by climbing onto the roof of the conference building and breaking windows. At 11 pm Swedish time, the security forces managed to regain control of the conference.

Already before the October elections, where the right-wing nationalist Jair Bolsonaro was president He did not gain renewed confidenceSeveral experts have warned that a discussion similar to the one that erupted in the United States about election fraud after Donald Trump’s election loss will also erupt in Brazil.

The danger that we will witness similar scenes of storming the US Congress even before the election has been highlighted something The show has been reported previously if.

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Since the elections, the political situation in the country has been tense. On January 1 of this year, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as the country’s new president.

The president was not in the capital when the unrest broke out. But in a letter which Watchman, stating that he held Bolsonaro responsible for the chaos, and promised to “punish all those involved”. Lula da Silva described those who participated in the attacks as “vandals, neo-fascists and extremists”.

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Those involved in the attack on the congress had previously taken part in a pro-Bolsonaro demonstration. According to numerous media reports, the police should have had additional resources on site.

Jair Bolsonaro blasted the attack on Congress on Twitter, but only several hours after the storm began. He dismisses accusations that he would have encouraged her. However, many observers and political leaders around the world hold the former president responsible, which today’s news I reported.

Hundreds of people were said to have been deprived of their liberty after the storming.