Pro-Bolsonaro groups say they won’t stop uprising in Brazil, talk of election fraud; rumors of military audit

Pro-Bolsonaro groups on Telegram have urged protesters to stay in the streets after President Jair Bolsonaro’s (PL, right) first speech on the second round of the presidential election.

Yesterday it was only truckers who organized the roadblocks; today, farmers also joined the uprising.

Many Brazilians do not believe in the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula Silva (PT, left) but speak openly of electoral fraud.

Rumors are circulating that the military will review the Brazilian elections. It appears a vast demonstration is planned for today in Brazil outside the country’s main military HQ demanding they intervene over what they call a “sham election”.

Bolsonaro, in his speech yesterday, not only did not concede his defeat but did not mention it at all, even if the Supreme Court STF then unilaterally circulated a notice that he had done so.

“It is not the STF’s job to speak for the President. He must say that he agrees with the outcome of the elections,” said a protester to The Rio Times.

In a video posted in one of the groups ahead of the President’s declaration, a man in a yellow shirt and military jacket says he has information “straight from the barracks” about the contents of the declaration.

“Bolsonaro will say that he is not in favor of our protests because if he speaks, he can be arrested. So we have to stay in the streets for 72 hours,” the demonstrator instructed.

News chains of pro-Bolsonaro groups inform about the blockade points and roadblocks in the states and ask for donations through pix to bring water and food to the truck drivers.

One of the messages sent in the groups says that Minister Alexandre de Moraes of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) has ordered the shutdown of Anatel’s (National Telecommunications Agency) Internet servers starting at 10 pm this Tuesday (Nov. 1) to “prevent the largest demonstration in Brazil’s history.”

The groups also instruct demonstrators not to mention Bolsonaro directly, nor to use images or the election number 22, so as not to associate him with the movement and risk criminal charges.

After 44 hours of silence, the President gave a brief speech Tuesday (Nov. 1) in which he expressed gratitude for the more than 58 million votes received and called for peaceful demonstrations.

Since the early hours of Monday morning (Oct. 31), Bolsonaro supporters have been blocking federal highways in a nationwide uprising to protest electoral fraud.

According to the electoral high court TSE, Lula da Silva emerged victorious from the presidential elections.

Many doubt that this is true.

(Has the uprising only just started?)

At least 230 highway sections have been blocked so far.

On Tuesday (Nov. 1, 2022), Supreme Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes authorized governors to order companies to clear the highways.

The judge also authorized fines and imprisonment for those responsible for the obstructions.

The governors of Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná and Maranhão activated the states’ military police to clear the roads.

Bolsonaro assessed that the roadblocks across the country were “the result of outrage and a sense of injustice over how the electoral process has gone,” but said he would continue to “do all the bidding” of the Constitution while remaining in office.