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Brazil: President of Mozambique sends message of solidarity
5:08 CAT | 11 Jan 2023
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President Filipe Nyusi on Tuesday addressed a message of solidarity to his Brazilian counterpart, Lula da Silva, over the invasion of the headquarters of the three branches of government in Brasília on Sunday.
“On behalf of the people, of the Government of the Republic of Mozambique and myself, I would like to express total solidarity with the brotherly People of Brazil, formulating sincere wishes that the stormy moment will be swiftly overcome,” Filipe Nyusi declares in a statement distributed by the Presidency of the Republic.
For the Mozambican head of state, the invasion of the Federal Supreme Court, the Congress and the presidential Planalto Palace reflects the “extreme denial of democratic rules”, as well as the “total disrespect” for the expressed will of most of the Brazilian people, which attributed the electoral victory to Lula da Silva.
“My dear brother President Lula da Silva, please accept the repeated protests of my high consideration and esteem, as well as wishes for a swift return to normality,” Filipe Nyusi stressed, welcoming the “energetic measures” adopted by the Brazilian government to restore order.
Supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro invaded and vandalised the headquarters of Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court, the Congress and the Presidential Palace in Brasília on Sunday, forcing police to intervene to restore order and raising condemnation from the international community.
The Military Police eventually regained control of the headquarters of the three branches of government, in an operation that resulted in around 1,500 protesters being detained.
The invasion began after militants from the Brazilian extreme right, supporters of the former president defeated by Lula da Silva in last October’s elections, called a protest to be held at the Esplanada dos Ministérios.
Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Sunday decided to suspend Brasília Federal District Governor Ibaneis Rocha for 90 days, and on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for Brasilia Security Secretary and former Minister of Justice Anderson Torres, alleging that both the Governor and the former Security Secretary been negligent and committed acts of omission.
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Source: Lusa
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