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Bolsonaro again incites a coup: "nothing is lost"

In a speech to supporters at the Alvorada Palace, Jair Bolsonaro incited a coup movement against the election results.

Jair Bolsonaro (Photo: REUTERS/Carla Carniel)

247 - Jair Bolsonaro (PL) encouraged his supporters this Friday (9) not to recognize the defeat in the second round of the presidential election on October 30, when he had 49,1% of the votes and the then candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), 50,9%.

"Nothing is lost," he said in a speech at the entrance of the Alvorada Palace, according to information published on Twitter by journalist Igor Gadelha on the Metrópoles website. Another phrase from his speech is highlighted in a report on the same website: "I take responsibility for my mistakes."

Historical coup plotter

In recent years, Bolsonaro has tried to convey to the population the message that the Judiciary is hindering the government. The occupant of the Planalto Palace defended the participation of the Armed Forces in the counting of election results. Opposition parties have publicly denounced the possibility of Bolsonaro's supporters attempting a coup.

Last month, the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) fined the PL in R $ million 22,9 after the party He questioned the reliability of electronic voting machines..

Since the defeat, however, Jair Bolsonaro had remained silent and had left the Alvorada Palace only a few times.

Steve Bannon

Criticism of the judiciary is one of the alternatives used by American Steve Bannon, 69, who, in the last decade, has tried to bring right-wing parties to power in the United States and other countries. In January 2021, when then-President Donald Trump (Republican Party) lost the election, several supporters stormed the Legislature and accused the electoral system of being fraudulent.

Bannon, who was Trump's strategist, met with federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP) in the US after the second round of the election in Brazil and He advised the parliamentarian to question the result..

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