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- Tens of thousands of supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro took to the streets in the metropolis of São Paulo.
- They demonstrated against investigations into Bolsonaro’s alleged involvement in an attempted coup following his 2022 election defeat.
- The demonstrators marched along the boulevard Avenida Paulista on Sunday.
“I am striving for pacification to erase the past,” Bolsonaro said to his supporters at the rally. Bolsonaro called for an amnesty for his supporters, some of whom were sentenced to long prison sentences for the attack on the government district in early 2023.
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“We have to find a way to live in peace,” Bolsonaro told his supporters.
AP Photo/Andre Penner
Bolsonaro is currently being investigated for his alleged involvement in coup plans following the election victory of current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. During his most recent interrogation by the federal police, he refused to testify.
The right-wing Bolsonaro was defeated by the left-wing politician Lula in the runoff election for the presidency in October 2022. On January 8, 2023, supporters of the ex-military who did not want to recognize Lula’s election victory stormed Congress, the seat of government and the Supreme Court in Brasilia and caused considerable damage.
SRF 4 News, February 26, 2024, 3:00 a.m.; sda/saep;
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