Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is currently holding an emergency meeting with ministers in connection with the riots in the capital of the South American state. CNN Brazil.
Silva is on a business trip in the state of São Paulo, had to delay investigating the damage done to the city of Araraquara by the elements, and is discussing the situation in Brasilia with his members at the local governor’s office. cabinet.
Supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro began clashing with police on January 8 and broke into the National Congress (Parliament) building. The demonstrators smashed the windows of the Federal Supreme Court buildings, the highest legislative body, and the Planaltu Palace, the working residence of the head of state. Numerous acts of vandalism were committed.
The few guards of the administrative buildings, which were empty on Sunday, could not resist them. Protesters do not recognize the outcome of the presidential election. Police used tear gas. The demonstrators are stabbing the law enforcement officers with sticks and throwing stones at the law enforcement officers. They demand that the results be revised.
On January 1, socialist Lula da Silva took over the presidency of Brazil.
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