Former Brazilian President Jayer Bolsonaro has mobilized his supporters again, in his first demonstration since a decision was issued to be tried for attempting to carry out a coup.
This demonstration aims to demand an amnesty for the convicts in the events of January 8, 2023, when thousands of supporters of the former president stormed the Congress building and the Supreme Federal Court Square, calling on the army to intervene to isolate the President Lula da Silva a week after his inauguration.
And Sunday, demonstrators gathered in thousands on Paulista symbolic Street in the heart of Sao Paulo, the largest city of Brazil.
Polsonaro accused his opponents of not only seeking to prison, but to “killing him”, indicating that he is an obstacle in front of them. He stressed that the judges who accuse them of persecution are seeking to get rid of him.
He also pointed out that the current system seeks to keep the right -wing leaders from voting, and said, “If they believe that I will surrender or run away, they are wrong.”
Polsonaro considered that what happened in France with Marin Le Pen happened with him in Brazil, in reference to the extremist right -wing leader, who was judged by the inadequacy of eligibility that might be forbidden to run for the upcoming presidential elections in 2027.
The demonstrators chanted the impact of the drum rang, “there was no coup.” Some carried a lipstick, referring to Deborah Rodriguez, who was put in pretrial detention for two years due to her participation in the events of January 2023 and stained the statue of justice before the Federal Supreme Court with lipstick.
On that day, a week after the inauguration of Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, and in the absence of Bolsonaro, who was in the United States at that time, thousands of the latter supporters invaded the buildings of the Supreme Court, Parliament and the Presidential Palace, demanding military intervention.
On March 26, the Supreme Court ruled the trial of Bolsonaro, 70, on charges of attempted a coup. He may face a prison sentence for up to 40 years if convicted.
According to the public prosecutor, the former president (2019-2022) sought to obtain support for the armed forces to prevent the left president’s return without power.
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