Federal highways are free of blocks and interdicts, PRF says

Federal highways are free of blocks and interdicts, PRF says


The streets were released on the night of this Tuesday the 22nd; Protests resumed last Friday

There are no more blocks or interdictions on Brazilian federal highways, according to Federal traffic police (PRF). The information was released on Tuesday evening, the 22nd. The proceedings were resumed by the president’s supporters Jair Bolsonaro (PL) last Friday, the 17th after the minister Alexander of Moraes🇧🇷 of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), determine the freezing of the accounts of entrepreneurs suspected of financing anti-democratic acts organized by the Bolsonarists after the defeat of the elected president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

As shown the Stagewith the blockades on the highways, the Federal Road Police sent a message to the regional superintendents of the institution informing them of the need for extraordinary maintenance interventions on vehicles due to the “limitations” of the budget made available by the Jair Bolsonaro government for 2022. The document classifies preventive maintenance services, without restrictions, and establishes the services considered non-essential – which must be authorized by the Brasilia body.

The federal highway acts began as a protest by supporters of the president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) against the result of the second round, which gave the former president the victory Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT). On November 9, after a series of measures decided by the governors of the affected states and the Department of Justice.

This first wave of demonstrations was marked by the intervention of the Higher Electoral Tribunal (TSE) which, through Minister Alexandre de Moraes, allowed the states to use the forces of the State Military Police to drive away the protesters of the highways. In São Paulo, the governor Rodrigo García (PSDB) had to call in the prime minister’s shock troops to clear a section of the Castelo Branco highway.

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Source: Terra

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