Da Silva returns to the ruling palace and vows to hold Bolsonaro's supporters "coup putschists" accountable
The end of the crisis in Brazil by regaining control of the headquarters of power
Bolsonaro supporters invade Brasília's National Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court.
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The judicial authorities in Brazil launched preliminary investigations to determine responsibilities in the attack of hundreds of supporters of the right-wing former president, Jair Bolsonaro, on many public buildings, the day before yesterday. The current president, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, inspected them, condemning what the "coupists" had done, and vowed to hold them accountable.
After hours of chaos, reminiscent of the attack on the Capitol building in Washington two years ago, the security forces regained control of the presidential palace, the congressional headquarters and the Supreme Court, which were invaded Sunday by hundreds of anti-Lola demonstrators, according to Minister of Justice and Security Flavio Dino.
The leftist president, who inspected the vandalized buildings in Brasilia late Sunday, wrote in a tweet, “The putschists who vandalized public property in Brasilia are being identified and will be held accountable.
Tomorrow (yesterday Monday), we will resume work at Palazzo Planalto.
Always democracy.
More than 300 people were arrested, and the Public Prosecution demanded immediate investigations to determine the “responsibility of those involved” in the attack on official buildings.
The authorities cordoned off the area.
But Bolsonaro's supporters, most of whom wore the yellow Brazilian soccer jersey, a symbol they took for themselves, managed to get past the security cordon.
They caused severe damage to the three huge headquarters, which are considered architectural masterpieces of the modern style, and are full of works of art.
Video clips circulated on social media, showing the devastation in the offices of parliamentarians, and a demonstrator sitting on the seat of the Senate president, in scenes reminiscent of the storming of the Congressional Building in Washington by supporters of former US President Donald Trump in January 2021.
And CNN reported that demonstrators set fire to a rug in one of the congressional halls, and it was flooded with water to put out the fire.
A press syndicate reported attacking five journalists.
"We do not recognize this government, because it is illegal," one of the demonstrators, Victor Rodrigues, told AFP.
"We will not back down, we will leave here, but we will return," he added.
And the chants of "military intervention" (to expel Lula from power) continued to be chanted by the crowds that remained standing in the vicinity of Congress for long hours, despite the firing of tear gas and the use of water cannons by the police.
As for Bolsonaro, he moved to the United States two days before Lula's inauguration, refusing to hand over the presidential sash to his opponent, whom he narrowly defeated in the presidential elections last October.
In a series of tweets, Bolsonaro condemned "the storming and looting of public buildings" on Sunday, but he rejected Lula's accusations that he was the one who instigated the storming of the headquarters of power in Brasilia, considering these accusations to be "baseless."
Bolsonaro also defended, on Twitter, the right to organize “peaceful protests.”
A number of Bolsonaro's allies have distanced themselves from the violence, including Valdemar Costa Neto, the head of Bolsonaro's party.
Costa Neto expressed his regret for this "sad day for the Brazilian nation".
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