The outgoing president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, tearfully said goodbye to his supporters, although he did not clarify whether he will be present at Lula da Silva’s inauguration this Sunday in Brasilia.
“The world will not end on January 1 (…) We have a great future ahead of us, because battles are lost, but we will not lose wars,” said Jair Bolsonaro during a live broadcast on his social media.
This is the first broadcast he has made since the election he lost in October, by 50.9% to 49.1%, to the leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Bolsonaro plans to travel to the United States shortly when he leaves the presidency, although he did not clarify when he will embark, nor if he will participate in Lula’s inauguration ceremony in Brasilia.
The General Secretariat of the Presidency authorized the transfer abroad of a delegation of officials to provide “security and personal support to the future former President of the Republic, Jair Messias Bolsonaro.”
This, on an international trip in “Miami, United States, to take place from January 1 to 30, 2023”, according to the official gazette this Friday.
Bolsonaro did not mention the trip, but addressed the hundreds of followers who continue to mobilize in front of military headquarters in Brasilia.
“Some must be criticizing me, saying that I might have done this or that. I cannot do something that is not well done, without the side effects being too harmful”, justified the president.
Today, the number of property titles exceeds 420,000, historically enabling small farmers to enter the income logistics of family farming production. pic.twitter.com/hiT7FIQ849
— Jair M. Bolsonaro 2️⃣2️⃣ (@jairbolsonaro) December 30, 2022
Acts of “terrorism” by followers of Jair Bolsonaro
Outside Alvorada’s official residence, two protesters who watched the live broadcast insulted him with shouts of “coward” and “without shame.”
“I never expected to get there,” Bolsonaro said meanwhile, through tears.
“At least, we delayed the collapse of Brazil by four years in this disastrous ideology that is the left. I did my best,” added the far-right.
After the defeat, Bolsonaro had secluded himself in the official residence, keeping practically silent.
Despite formally authorizing the start of the government transition, he did not publicly acknowledge Lula’s victory.
And just this Friday he criticized an attempted attack with an explosive in the surroundings of the Brasilia airport carried out by his sympathizers last week.
“Nothing justifies this attempted terrorist act,” he said, although he defended the rest of the protesters camped in the capital.
That and other acts of vandalism in the capital made it necessary to reinforce the security of Lula’s inauguration.
