The government expects weaker protests on Sunday.
President Dilma Rousseff's government team expects that the protests scheduled for tomorrow (12) will be less intense than those of March 15, when thousands of people took to the streets to demand, above all, an end to corruption; one of the fears was that the testimony of the PT treasurer, João Vaccari Neto, at the Petrobras CPI on Thursday (9), could raise the spirits of those who are against the president, but the PT member's participation did not have a great impact, according to the government's assessment.
247 - President Dilma Rousseff's government team expects that the protests scheduled for tomorrow (12) will be less intense than those of March 15, when thousands of people took to the streets to demand, above all, an end to corruption. The government's expectation is based on monitoring social networks in recent days.
One of the fears, according to a publication in the Folha de São Paulo newspaper, was that the testimony of the PT treasurer, João Vaccari Neto, at the Petrobras CPI on Thursday (9), could raise the spirits of those who are against the president. But the participation of the PT member did not have a great impact.
Only ministers Aloizio Mercadante (Chief of Staff) and José Eduardo Cardozo (Justice) are expected to remain in Brasília to monitor the repercussions of the demonstrations. Cardozo will be responsible for monitoring and informing the president about the atmosphere of the protests throughout the day.
There is also no expectation that a minister will speak at the end of the day, as happened on March 15, when Miguel Rossetto (General Secretariat) and Cardozo gave a press conference to assess the demonstrations.
According to Datafolha, approximately 210 people attended the March demonstration on Paulista Avenue in São Paulo. It was the largest gathering measured by the institute at a political event since the Diretas Já movement on April 16, 1984. On that date, 400 people gathered in Vale do Anhangabaú.