The coup group overcame a police barrier and climbed the ramp that gives access to the roof of the buildings of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
Hundreds of followers of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro invaded this Sunday the headquarters of the National Congress, in a demonstration calling for a military intervention to overthrow President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The coup group overcame a police barrier and climbed the ramp that gives access to the roof of the buildings of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senateand some entered inside the legislative headquarters.
???? URGENT: Bolsonaristas are destroying everything that comes ahead inside the Planalto Palace. pic.twitter.com/xjnlpN5PCH
— Central da Política (@centralpolitcs) January 8, 2023
The extremists, mostly wearing yellow and green T-shirts and Brazilian flags, also some Legislative Police vehicles were attackedwhich provides security to Congress.
In addition, they destroyed protective barriers and Armed with sticks, they confronted the agents who unsuccessfully tried to stop the protesters from entering.
Bolsonaristas, unhappy with the defeat at the polls, are now trying to invade the National Congress and the Planalto Palace. Who finances these acts in Brazil? pic.twitter.com/ovecwEVZ90
— laris (@larismartin13) January 8, 2023
URGENT: Invaders break the windows of the Congress cloakroom and invade the Chamber of Deputies. Extremists are already in the Green Room and in the building’s annexes. There was also an invasion of the Planalto Palace. President Lula is not on site. pic.twitter.com/lP91pLqTuf
— Renato Souza (@reporterenato) January 8, 2023
Bolsonaro supporters seek military coup once morest Lula
The groups of radical Bolsonaristas They are camped in front of the Army Headquarters, in Brasiliasince the day following the elections on October 30, in which Lula defeated Bolsonaro.
The camps of the radical Bolsonaristas, which have multiplied in cities throughout the country, began to be disassembled on Friday in Belo Horizontecapital of Minas Gerais, where some riots occurred.
In addition, since Lula’s victory in the second round of elections, supporters of the former president have gathered outside different Army headquarters in the country.
Government called an emergency meeting to confront the coup plotters
The Minister of Justice, Flávio Dino, authorized the action of the National Security Force, an elite group of police forces from all over the countrywhich is mobilized for special missions.
Before the invasion of Congress, Dino spoke on social networks and said that opponents will have to wait until 2026when the next presidential elections are held, just as the current government expected between 2018 and 2022.
It will happen in 2026. Let them wait, as we expect between 2018 and 2022. https://t.co/y7ve8AJSRB
— Flávio Dino ???????? (@FlavioDino) January 8, 2023
In a statement, Dino said that the Ministry of Justice called an emergency meeting with security agencies to deal with the demonstrations.
Meanwhile, Lula is traveling this weekend in the city of Araraquara, in Sao Paulo.
