The president of the Superior Electoral Court ordered the Highway Police to act immediately to clear roadblocks in various parts of the country, in a protest by truckers who support the head of state, who was defeated in the presidential elections.
In response to a request from the National Transportation Confederation and the deputy electoral attorney general, Alexandre de Moraes, he also said that, if no action is taken, the director of the Federal Highway Police, Silvinei Vasques, a supporter of President Jair Bolsonaro, will will face a fine of 100,000 reais per hour (about 20,000 euros) from 00:00 (03:00 in Lisbon), and may even be arrested and removed from office for disobedience.
However, the Brazilian Minister of Justice, Anderson Torres, indicated that he had determined “a reinforcement of personnel and means of support, to all possible actions to normalize the flow on the highways, as soon as the situation requires.”
Roadblocks and bans affect at least 25 of the 27 states in the country.
The Esplanada dos Ministérios de Brasilia, a space that concentrates the headquarters of the three powers of Brazil, is closed to prevent the invasion of truckers who support Jair Bolsonaro, who are protesting the results of the elections.
The demonstrators, who blocked the roads with trucks or burned tires, protested against the electoral victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and some called for “an intervention” by the armed forces in defense of Bolsonaro.
The Highway Police had already been accused by Lula da Silva’s campaign of having promoted, on Sunday, stop operations, mainly in the interior of the Northeast region, Lula’s stronghold, to prevent voters from voting.
In charge of guaranteeing free movement on the roads, the Federal Highway Police has so far not taken any action to remove the trucks and said they are waiting for the Attorney General’s Office to ask the courts for an order to evict the trucks. protesters.
This inorganic, leaderless protest has already been condemned by prominent Bolsonaro supporters linked to agribusiness and the transportation industry, such as the Frente Parlamentar do Agronegócio (FPA).
Among the roads blocked was Via Dutra, the road that connects Rio de Janeiro with São Paulo and the one with the highest volume of traffic in Brazil.
The president of the Workers’ Party, Gleisi Hoffmann, blamed the Brazilian head of state and accused Bolsonaro of directing “the chaos in the country.”
The head of state and defeated candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, has not yet called Lula da Silva to congratulate him and has not made any public statement since the announcement of the presidential results on Sunday for more than 24 hours.
Bolsonaro met, on Monday, at the Palácio do Planalto, with several ministers, but so far he has not released any information on when he will speak about the presidential elections.
With 100% of the votes counted, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Sunday’s presidential elections by a narrow margin, receiving 50.9% of the votes, compared to 49.1% for Jair Bolsonaro, who was seeking a new four-year term.
Source: TSF
