fear An act of the Brazilian far right In order to prevent the assumption Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, On January 1, it’s no longer an exaggerated hypothesis. Less than a week before the handover ceremony in Brasilia, much of the country was shaken by the news. unsuccessful attempt to blow up a truck Full of fuel on the road near the airport in the city of Brasilia. George Washington de Oliveira Sousa was arrested by the Civil Police last Saturday. The businessman is not just a follower of the president, according to the security forces Jair Bolsonaro but he faced some of his most challenging statements. According to Robson Cândido, the Civil Police commissioner in Brasilia, the purpose of his actions was to “create chaos”.declare martial law in the country” and “Intervention of the Armed Forces”. To achieve this goal, he offered to attack the electricity distribution system in the capital. However, he later changed his plan and placed dynamite next to a truck loaded with fuel. De Oliveira Sousa was not a stranger to the Bolsonaro movement, but a regular. ultra camp visitor Those who have been rioting for weeks in front of Army headquarters for the same purpose that the police can avoid.
According to the São Paulo newspaper Folha, The arrest of De Oliveira Sousa”Tension around the opening increased the atmosphere”. The Labor Party (PT), Lula’s party, the future president’s allies, and country officials “fear new attempts at terrorism and affirm that: Pressure is mounting for his supporters to demobilize his camp. Jair BolsonaroIn this sense, other analysts recalled that on December 12, radical groups supported a night of violence in Brasilia by burning cars, buses and attempting to occupy the Federal Police headquarters.
De Oliveira Sousa is an archetype of the far-right who has gained considerable ground since 2018 and believes the retired captain lost the election in late October. as a result of tampering with electronic ballot boxes. His transition from word to action was seeded with rhetoric in favor of the use of guns in public spaces. “What motivated me to buy weapons was the words of President Bolsonaro, who always stressed the importance of civilian weapons, ‘A people with weapons will never be enslaved,’” he told the authorities.
terror incubator
This Future Minister of Justice Flavio Dinodescribed the events as “serious” and the “terrible impact of extremism in Brazil” on the Bolsonaro camps, which one of its most active cores describes as “incubators of terror”. “I will propose to the Attorney General and the National Council of Public Ministries. forming special groups to fight terrorism and irresponsible weapons. “The rule of law is incompatible with these political militias,” he said.
presidential silence
Bolsonaro declined to comment on the incident a few days after leaving power. This Sunday, he posted a Christmas message on social networks, along with a video of the retired captain handing out gifts to children. Justice and Public Safety Minister Anderson Torres said he would wait for the results of the investigations before commenting on the attempt to blow up a fuel truck in Brasilia. “It’s important that we wait for official results, for the necessary accountability.”
“longing for the transition Elio Gaspari, columnist for the Rio de Janeiro newspaper O Globo, told Fernando Henrique (Cardoso) Lula “about how the change of government was drafted 20 years ago. Not only because Bolsonaro would avoid personally handing over his command qualifications to his successor, but also because The capsizing was set for January 1. Lula plans to start his third presidency with a crowd.