Order to identify leaders of roadblocks in Brazil

BRASILIA, NOVEMBER 4 (PRINSA LATINA), Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil, has ordered the federal police to identify the leaders of the movements that today block highways and obstruct traffic.

This decision comes in response to a request from the National Transport Association, which also demanded the confiscation of trucks and “in the event that legal persons are identified during the implementation of these works, their garages shall be prevented and closed.”

The judge also demanded that the owners of the vehicles used in the fences be identified and the data be sent to the Supreme Court.

In addition, it gave a 48-hour period for the Federal Highway Police to submit a detailed report on all fines imposed on persons who incommunicado caused arterials.

De Moraes, who is also the president of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, condemned the coup d’etat by supporters of defeated President Jair Bolsonaro against elected President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva the day before.

“The elections are over, and the second round ended democratically last Sunday,” the lawyer said at the court’s first session after the October 30 referendum.

He reiterated that the TSE had programmed Lula to take office on January 1, 2023. He noted, “This is democracy, this is the devolution of power, and this is the republican state.”

For the minister, the outcome of the vote is indisputable and criminals who attack the electoral system will be held accountable.

After Labor’s standard-bearer won in the polls, Bolsonaro’s supporters, especially truck drivers, blocked roads in anti-democratic protests against the consultation’s outcome.

“There is no way to challenge a result that is democratically exposed with illegal movements, with anti-democratic movements, and criminals who will be fought, responsible under the penalty of law. “Democracy has triumphed again in Brazil,” said de Moraes.

According to the judge, the majority of society believes in democracy and the rule of law.

He stressed that “those criminals who do not accept, and who engage in anti-democratic activities, will be treated as criminals.”

The demonstrations have lost steam since Bolsonaro decided, in a short speech, that the government should start the transition process with Lula’s team and request that the roads be opened.

“I ask you to clear the roads. Protest in another way. As per my understanding, this is not part of our democracy. Please don’t think badly of me,” the ex-soldier said in a video posted on his Twitter account.