Government critics have broken through a security fence guarded by federal military police and then climbed onto the roof of the National Congress in the capital Brasilia on Sunday.
Other protesters have gathered outside the presidential palace and the Supreme Court, reports the AP news agency. Television images show thousands of protesters entering the Supreme Court and Congress, smashing furniture, Reuters reports.
“I firmly reject these anti-democratic actions,” said Rodrigo Pacheco, president of the Senate and the National Congress, to CNN Brasil.
Called for reinforcement
Brazil’s Minister of Justice Flavio Dino writer on Twitter that it is an “absurd attempt to forcefully try to get one’s way that will not work.”
He adds that the Ministry of Justice has called for reinforcements
Bolsonaro’s supporters have previously protested new president Luís Inácio Lula da Silva Lula’s election victory by blocking roads, setting fire to vehicles and gathering outside military buildings and asked the armed forces to intervene. The ex-president has, among other things questioned the credibility in the electronic voting system. The storming takes place a week after da Silva was sworn in as the new president.
Brazilian political analysts have warned that something similar could happen in Brazil as well, according to AP.
President Luís Inácio Lula da Silva is currently on an official trip in the state of Sao Paulo, Reuters reports.
The text is updated.
