Former President Jair Bolsonaro distanced himself this morning from the invasions of public buildings in Brasilia carried out on Sunday by his supporters and repudiated the accusations of having encouraged the attacks.
“Peaceful demonstrations, in the form of the law, are part of democracy. However, the depredations and invasions of public buildings such as those that occurred today, as well as those practiced by the left in 2013 and 2017, are beyond the rule, ”wrote Jair Bolsonaro, on his official Twitter account.
In three successive ‘posts’, Jair Bolsonaro spoke about the occupations carried out in the Brazilian capital and rejected the accusations made by his successor, Lula da Silva, who blamed him for inciting the attacks on Sunday at the headquarters of the legislative, judicial and executive. .
“I repudiate the accusations, without evidence, that the current head of the Executive of Brazil attributed to me,” Bolsonaro wrote.
“Throughout my term I have always been within the four lines of the Constitution, respecting and defending the laws, democracy, transparency and our sacred freedom,” added Jair Bolsonaro, who has been in the United States of America since late last year, not having attended the handover of power to Lula da Silva.
In a statement shortly after the attacks in which federal intervention was decreed in Brasilia, the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, today accused Bolsonaro of being a genocide, for provoking and encouraging violent invasions of public buildings this Sunday in Brasilia, capital of the country
“This genocide not only caused this, it not only stimulated it, but, who knows, it also continues to stimulate it through social networks,” said Lula da Silva, referring to Bolsonaro who is in Orlando, in the United States.
“In fact, he ran away so he wouldn’t put the girdle on me. It is very sad. After the democratic party of the first day. [de janeiro]the most important celebration of the inauguration of a President of the Republic”, added the Brazilian head of state, referring to the absence of Bolsonaro at the inauguration ceremony that marked the beginning of his term.
The Brazilian president decreed federal intervention in Brasilia after hundreds of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro invaded and destroyed the National Congress, the Planalto Palace and the Federal Supreme Court (STF), the seats of the legislative, executive and judicial powers.
The protesters, who broke through the police protection barriers, are calling for military intervention to overthrow President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, one week after his inauguration.
The Military Police managed, however, to regain control of the STF headquarters and the Brazilian head of state promised that all those responsible for the invasions would be punished.
Source: TSF
