Warns that failure to comply with this order may lead to the dismissal or even arrest of the person responsible
MADRID, 1 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) of Brazil, Alexandre de Moraes, has ordered this Monday the “immediate clearing of the roads” in the face of the blockades caused by truckers related to Bolsonaro in protest at the electoral result and has fined the person responsible for the Federal Highway Police (PRF) with 100.00 reais (about 19.5 euros) for each hour that the cuts persist.
Moares has indicated this Monday that the PRF “has not been fulfilling its constitutional and legal task” and has indicated that non-compliance with this order may lead to the dismissal or even the arrest of the body’s director, Silvinei Vasques.
The TSE has established a sanction for Vasques of 100,000 reais for every hour that passes without the strikes that already affect 22 states having been cleared, according to ‘O Globo’. The fine comes into effect from 00.00 hours (local time). In addition, Moares has urged to identify the owners of the trucks to be able to sanction them later with the same amount.
The head of the Electoral Court has included videos as evidence in which it can be seen how PRF agents indicate to the protesters that they have no intention of bothering them. In addition, one of them says that the only order received is to remain in place with Bolsonaro’s supporters, after which he receives great acclaim, according to the Brazilian press.
“That the Federal Highway Police and the respective state military police, within the scope of their powers, immediately take all necessary and sufficient measures, at the discretion of the competent authorities of the Federal Executive Power and of the State Executive Powers, for the immediate clearance of obstructions from all public roads that have illegally interrupted their traffic,” he urged.
The protests have already cut 136 roads in the country, which has also provoked the rejection of the National Transport Confederation and the deputy electoral attorney general, Paulo Gonet, who has described the demonstrations as “anti-democratic” and motivated by “simple disagreement with the result”.
On the afternoon of this Monday, the Brazilian Public Ministry has given a period of 24 hours to the general director of the PRF, Silveni Vasques, so that he can explain how he has acted to “ensure the maintenance of the flow on federal highways” , as well as the complete list of the blockades that have occurred this Monday.
Likewise, the prosecutor has requested information from the Public Ministry of each of the affected states on the measures adopted to “investigate the possible omission or facilitation” by PRF agents of these blockades.
In the second round of the presidential elections held this Sunday, Lula da Silva was elected president, so as of January 2023 he will return to the post he abandoned in 2010. The leader of the Workers’ Party (PT) managed two million more votes, 50.9 percent of them, than his rival, Jair Bolsonaro, who more than half a day later still has not conceded defeat.
