The supporters protested in opposition to Lula’s win and urged Brazil’s army to intervene and hold the right-wing president in energy after he misplaced re-election to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 3, 2022 07:53 IST
Jair Bolsonaro supporters have gathered and rallied in entrance of army installations in Brazil’s main cities to name for motion. (Screengrab)
By India Today Web Desk: Thousands of supporters of incumbent Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro gathered on the streets of Brazil’s main cities on Wednesday and known as on the nation’s army to intervene and hold him in energy after Luis Inacio Lula da Silva gained the presidential race on Sunday to turn into the thirty ninth president of Brazil.
The supporters protested in opposition to Lula’s win and urged Brazil’s army to intervene and hold the right-wing president in energy after he misplaced re-election to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
On Tuesday, Bolsonaro gave a brief speech after the election outcomes had been out. In the speech, he neither congratulated Lula on his win nor accepted defeat. However, his chief of employees took the rostrum afterward to say the president had “authorized” the transition to a brand new authorities.
Since then, his supporters have gathered and rallied in entrance of army installations in Brazil’s main cities to name for motion.
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The demonstrations by the supporters are rising by the hour. The supporters are protesting for the third day in a row, calling for army motion in opposition to Lula rising to energy.
In a intently contested election, Lula secured 50.9 per cent of votes in comparison with incumbent far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s 49.1 per cent, based on the Supreme Electoral Court of the nation.
Lula, a leftist democrat, is about to turn into Brazil’s president for the third time period, having severed the primary two phrases from 2003 to 2010.
(with inputs from AFP)
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Nov 3, 2022
