Mute and almost absent from public space for nearly 40 days and his narrow defeat in the Brazilian presidential election, Jair Bolsonaro found his supporters in front of the Alvorada Palace. “I was silent for almost 40 days. It hurts, it hurts the soul. I have always been a happy person among you, even risking my life in the crowd, ”launched the far-right president. “Some point to my silence. A few weeks ago, if I had gone out to say “hello”, everything would have been distorted, modified”, he justified.
After the defeat of their candidate, thousands of Bolsonarists blocked roads and demonstrated in front of military barracks to demand that the army prevent Lula from taking power on January 1. Jair Bolsonaro estimated on Friday that “the armed forces are essential in all countries of the world (…) are the ultimate bulwark against socialism”. “The people are the ones who decide their destiny,” he said.
“You decide my future, where I’m going from. You are the ones who decide where the armed forces go from,” he added, adding that “we are living at a crucial moment, a crossroads.” With the handover approaching, the next President Lula has already named five future ministers: Fernando Haddad to Finance, Mauro Vieira to Foreign Affairs, Flavio Dino to Justice, Rui Costa to Casa Civil (halfway between the Prime Minister and the Chief of Staff) and José Mucio Monteiro at Defence.