President Lula attended the event to denounce the 'conspiracy' against him, led by supporters of Jair Bolsonaro.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will mark the second anniversary of the destruction of government buildings with a celebration at the site of the violence.
On Wednesday, Lula – who underwent surgery last month to stop bleeding in his brain – appeared at the Three Powers Plaza in the capital Brasilia to protest. riots of January 8, 2023to which he compared it suddenly against his leadership.
He also used the opportunity to show his disobedience to the protests, which led to many protests entering the presidential palace, the Supreme Court building and the Congress.
“Today is the day to say clearly: We are still here,” Lula told his supporters.
“We are here to say that we are alive and that democracy exists, unlike what the conspirators planned on January 8, 2023.”
The attack took place on January 8, just seven days after Lula, a leftist leader, was installed for a third consecutive term.
Lula was not in the presidential palace at the time, and the Brazilian Congress was not there. But the attack cost millions of dollars, and law enforcement officials and protesters were injured.
Most of the rioters wanted to start a military uprising against Lula's presidency.
Lula's election was narrow: He entered the race to oust President Jair Bolsonaro in October 2022 and won with one of the tightest margins in Brazilian history. More than 2.1 million votes separated the two.
But right-wing Bolsonaro had been spreading propaganda before the election that Brazil's voting system was vulnerable to fraud, and refused to publicly admit defeat after the vote.
This led to more protests, as Bolsonaro's supporters blocked major roads and staged attacks at the police headquarters in Brasilia. A bomb threat in the capital was said even before the opening.
Bolsonaro left the country Florida Before Lula took power. He is back in the country, where he is facing multiple charges and investigations.
Some related to his actions in spreading election propaganda, and his connection to the January 8, 2023 threats.
In June 2023, the electoral court in Brazil decided that Bolsonaro could not stand for this position. until 2030as a punishment for using public resources to sow distrust in the voting process.
And in November 2024, the state police will officially the accused Bolsonaro and 36 associates are plotting to disrupt the 2022 elections. Prosecutor Paulo Gonet has not yet decided on the case against the former leader.
Other investigations looked into whether Bolsonaro was kidnapped jewelry from Saudi Arabia while in office, or spreading false information during the The covid-19 epidemic.
However, on Wednesday, Bolsonaro confirmed on social media that US President-elect Donald Trump had invited him to Washington, DC, for his inauguration on January 20.
“My lawyer, Dr Paulo Bueno, has already sent a request to Minister Alexandre de Moraes to return my passport so that I can attend this prestigious and important event,” Bolsonaro. he wrote.
His passport was confiscated amid an ongoing investigation.