“The Secretariat of Public Security of the DF (SSP/DF) has reported that about 100 trucks from Mato Grosso have arrived in Brasilia and are being escorted by the Military Police of the Federal District (PMDF) to the area designated by the Planalto Military Command (CMP), of the Brazilian Army ( EB), in the urban military sector”, noted the Secretary of the Federal District, in a note sent to the Poder360 portal.
Protesters carry Brazilian flags and placards calling for “federal intervention” by the military to prevent the inauguration of Lula da Silva, who defeated President Jair Bolsonaro by 1.8 percentage points at the polls on October 30.
The line of trucks extends for several kilometers from the gates of the army headquarters, about seven kilometers from Praca dos Tres Poderes, where the seats of the government, the National Congress and the Supreme Court are located.
Hundreds joined on foot to the aerial parking, which took place safely and under the watchful eye of large numbers of soldiers.
Today, the armed forces must submit to the electoral justice system the report they prepared on the October presidential and legislative elections.
At the request of Jair Bolsonaro, the military participated for the first time as observers of the elections and the voting system, which had been the target of a smear campaign by the Brazilian leader in the months leading up to the elections, despite the fact that opinion polls were not the subject of allegations of fraud.
Truck drivers set up hundreds of roadblocks across the country in the three days after the election, but sparked protests after Bolsonaro urged his supporters not to cut off citizens’ freedom of movement.
On November 2, a public holiday, thousands of people demonstrated outside military barracks in major Brazilian capitals to demand a coup against the election results.
Although the protests have decreased significantly since then, some small groups still insist on demonstrating in front of barracks across the country.
