Lula, 77, was absent from Brasilia on Sunday: he went to Araraquara, a city in the state of Sao Paulo (southeast) devastated by floods at the end of the year.
The Brazilian president condemned the invasion of places of power in Brasilia by “fascist vandals” and decreed a “federal intervention” on the forces of order to regain control of the security of the capital.
“We will find them all and they will all be punished”, declared regarding the bolsonarists responsible for the looting Lula, sworn in as president only a week ago, from Araraquara, in the state of Sao Paulo.
Bolsonarists have already been demonstrating in front of military barracks since the narrow defeat of the outgoing far-right president once morest Lula on October 30.
They demanded the intervention of the army to prevent the latter from returning to power for a third term, following those from 2003 to 2010. Some of them also blocked roads for more than a week following the election. .
Jair Bolsonaro, who never congratulated Lula on his victory and shunned his investiture, left Brazil two days before the end of his term and is in Florida, United States.
Lula’s inauguration took place on January 1 in Brasilia without major incident, in the presence of tens of thousands of his supporters.
