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"The far-right storming of Brazil’s supreme court, congress and presidential
palace was a “grotesque and failed assault” on its institutions, the country’s
ambassador to the UK has said, as troops moved in to break up protest camps set
up by supporters of the former president Jair Bolsonaro.
A day after the would-be insurrectionists attacked all three branches of
government in a brazen effort to topple the democratically elected government
of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Fred Arruda, Brazil’s ambassador in London, said:
“What happened in Brasília yesterday was a grotesque and failed assault on our
institutions. As President Lula put it, democracy requires people to respect
the institutions.”
He warned that members of the mob would feel the full force of the law, adding:
“And they will witness an unintended consequence of their actions: Brazilian
democracy emerging even stronger from those dark episodes,” he said.
The justice minister, Flávio Dino, said that around 1,500 people had been
arrested during and after the unrest, and police had started tracking those who
paid for dozens of buses that transported protesters. Forensic evidence
including fingerprints and photographs would be used to hold people to account,
he said.
“They will not succeed in destroying Brazilian democracy. We need to say that
fully, with all firmness and conviction,” Dino said. “We will not accept
criminal methods to carry out political fights in Brazil.”
Bolsonaro lost to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a tight-fought election in
October but his supporters have refused to accept the result and camped out
near military facilities, alleging the election was stolen, even though there
is no evidence to back up their claim."
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