On Sunday (25/02), Former President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies promoted a protest in his support. The event took place on Avenida Paulista, in São Paulo Central Zone. According to media sources, dozens of right-wing politicians participated in the event, including Federal Deputies, 4 state governors, senators, and São Paulo mayor. The demonstration was promoted in support of Bolsonaro, who became one of the targets of a Federal Police operation under the suspicion of planning a coup d’état.
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Background
Bolsonaro announced the demonstration on 16 February, after the Federal Police (PF) launched the Tempus Veritatis Operation, which investigates the existence of a criminal organization that would have worked to carry out an attempted coup d’état, seeking to maintain the then President of the Republic in power.
The Former President asked his supporters to gather exclusively on Avenida Paulista.
Participants
According to the Public Security Secretariat (SSP), around 750,000 people attended the scene. A projection made by the University of São Paulo (USP) estimated that 185 thousand would be present. The Military Police informed that it did not prepare the estimate disclosed by the SSP.
