“I want to appeal to you: unblock the roads. That does not seem to me to be part of legitimate demonstrations (…) Other demonstrations that are taking place throughout Brazil, in squares… are part of the democratic game. Make yourself comfortable,” he said in a video posted on his Twitter account.
“Protest in another way, in other places, that is very welcome,” he added.
“I am with you and I am sure that you are with me. My request is about the roads. We are going to unlock them for the good of our nation,” Bolsonaro added.
Thousands of Bolsonaristas gathered this Wednesday in front of barracks in cities such as Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and Sao Paulo to request a military intervention in the face of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s victory in Sunday’s ballot.
To the cry of “I authorize” and “Federal intervention now!” They called for the action of the armed forces against the defeat of their leader by 49.1% of the votes, compared to 50.9% for Lula.
The protests in the barracks took place a day after the far-right authorized the transition with Lula’s team, without mentioning the defeat or congratulating his opponent.
For two days after losing the ballot, Bolsonaro kept the country on edge by remaining silent, an attitude his critics say fueled the proliferation of protests.
In his first speech on Tuesday, he promised to “obey the Constitution.”
And although he asked that the demonstrations be “peaceful”, without harming “the right to come and go”, he justified them by attributing them to a feeling of “injustice” due to the electoral process.
The entrance Bolsonaro asks supporters to “unblock” roads but supports protests was first published in diary TODAY.
