Operação de hoje da PRF foi traçada em reunião no Alvorada
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Operação de hoje da PRF foi traçada em reunião no Alvorada

There is an ongoing attempt by Jair Bolsonaro to stop Brazilians from voting. The federal police is (illegally) stopping voters on their way to the voting places in regions where Lula won in the first round.

Northeast region is the region that got Lula most votes and is also the one with the greater number of police intervention happening right now.

Apparently this coup was planned by Bolsonaro and their team on November 19th.

I’ll update as soon as we have more info

Edit: sorry that the article is in portuguese. There aren’t any in english yet bc it’s all happening right now and we don’t have much info. Feel free to use google translator though

Edit2: Despite the fascist shitshow, Lula just won the voting. But we all know Bolsonaro and his minion wont be defeated only in elections. We still have a lot of fighting to do. This is an important victory that might buy us time, but we must not have any illusions on what it means.

  • Asiaticus
    9•1 year ago

    This is, what DeepL translates:

    Today’s PRF operation was outlined in a meeting in Alvorada

    PRF targets irregular transport and reinforces effective especially in the North and Northeast regions.

    The action spearheaded today by the Federal Highway Police that takes place on Brazilian roads with actions to hinder the transportation of voters began to be articulated on the night of 19 October. On that Wednesday, the hard core of Jair Bolsonaro’s campaign met at the Alvorada Palace and outlined the fundamental actions that should be taken in the final stretch of the second round.

    One of them was precisely the operation that is being undertaken since early this morning: the heads of the bodies that assist the Electoral Justice, such as the Armed Forces, Federal Police and Federal Highway Police, would be instructed that their commanders should be alert to irregular transportation of voters, especially in the Northeast.

    Obviously, this was never a concern with the brand of impartiality.

    The expectation of the Bolsonarist command has always been that only possible irregular movements of Lula voters would be barred, prevented or hindered.

    Says a member of the campaign:

    It wouldn’t even be necessary to give an explicit order for anything. As the staff of these police forces is basically composed of supporters of the president, the consequence of an operation like this is obvious.