Bolsonaro supporters breach security barriers, break into Brazilian Congress and presidential palace - CNN

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Supporters of erstwhile Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro connected Sunday breached information barriers acceptable up by the Armed Forces and gained entree to cardinal buildings for each of the 3 branches of government, including the legislature building, the Supreme Court and the Planalto Presidential Palace, according to images shown successful Brazilian media.

Footage showed monolithic crowds successful the superior of Brasília walking up a ramp that leads to the legislature building, wherever they had reached the Green Room, located extracurricular the little House of Congress’ chamber, Interim Senate President Veneziano Vital bash Rogo told CNN Brasil.

Other outlets showed Bolsonaro suporters entering the Supreme Court and the statesmanlike palace, wherever CNN Brasil showed the arrivals of anti-riot constabulary and the Brazilian Armed Forces. Inside, protesters were utilizing furnishings to physique barricades to forestall constabulary from entering, CNN Brasil reported.

The breaches come astir a week aft the inauguration of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose instrumentality to powerfulness aft a 12-year hiatus comes aft helium defeated Bolsonaro successful a run-off predetermination connected October 30.

Bolsonaro’s medication previously said it was cooperating with the modulation of power, but the far-right person has stopped abbreviated of explicitly conceding his predetermination loss, and helium near the state for the United States anterior to Lula’s inauguration.

Supporters of Bolsonaro person been camped retired successful the superior since then. Justice Minister Flavio Dino had authorized the Armed Forces to acceptable up the barriers and defender the legislature gathering Saturday owed to the continued beingness of pro-Bolsonaro supporters.

Neither location of Congress is presently successful session. And portion President Lula is not presently successful the building, a squad assembled for the newly-elected president was moving wrong the palace astatine the clip the protesters entered, CNN Brasil reported. Officials astatine Planalto Palace are waiting for the Air Force to evacuate them from the building, per CNN Brasil.

Brazilian officials condemned the actions of demonstrators, which were reminiscent of January 6, 2021, erstwhile rioters stormed the US Capitol successful an effort to forestall the certification of the 2020 predetermination and President Joe Biden’s triumph implicit erstwhile President Donald Trump.

“The National Congress has ne'er denied a dependable to those who privation to show peacefully. But it volition ne'er springiness country for turmoil, demolition and vandalism,” Arthur Lira, president of the Lower House of Congress said connected Twitter. “Those liable for promoting and abetting this onslaught connected Brazilian ideology and its main symbols indispensable beryllium identified and punished successful accordance with the law.”

Dino, who said helium was astatine the Ministry of Justice headquarters, condemned the actions of Bolsonaro’s supporters successful a connection connected Twitter, saying, “This absurd effort to enforce the volition by unit volition not prevail.”

Federal District Security Secretary Anderson Torres – and the erstwhile justness curate nether Bolsonaro’s authorities – likewise called the scenes “regrettable,” adding helium had ordered “immediate steps to reconstruct bid successful the halfway of Brasília.”

Gleisi Hoffman, president of the Worker’s Party, called the breaches “a transgression announced against democracy” and “against the volition of the polls.”