Brazil election-denying ‘terrorists’ threaten Lula inauguration, minister says
IndependentMAR 16 2023
Brazilian authorities have no other option than strengthening security measures to ensure a peaceful inauguration ceremony as outgoing Bolsonaro has emboldened his radical supporters by not conceding to Lula and formally contesting his loss. After attempting to invade police headquarters, it would not be a surprise if far-right terrorists and rioters were plotting an attack on the inauguration to create chaos.
It is outrageous that protesters who have been legitimately and peacefully rallying near military bases for months against Brazil's pro-Lula establishment are being treated like terrorists. If judicial measures were to be taken, it should be against the convicted criminal Lula — who had been sentenced to over two decades in prison before the top court overturned it to allow him to run for president this year.