Mon Dec 12, 2022 – 3:33 pm ESTMon Dec 12, 2022 – 3:48 pm EST
BRAZIL (LifeSiteNews) — During remarks made to supporters outside his official residence last Friday, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro seemed to float the possibility that the military may prevent socialist rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from being installed as the embattled country’s next president. Silva, who was certified the winner by the electoral court Monday, is alleged to have beaten the more conservative Bolsonaro 50.9% to 49.1% on October 30.
“It is you, the people, who will decide my future and what the Armed Forces will do,” Bolsonaro said during a 15 minute speech at Alvorada Palace. “God willing, everything will work out at the right time … the Armed Forces, rest assured, are united, the Armed Forces owe loyalty to our people. They owe respect to the Constitution.”
“I am prepared to give my life for my country.”
@jairbolsonaro told brave Brazilian patriots today in #brasilia
The world stands with Brazil!#BrazilianSpring #BrazilWasStolen pic.twitter.com/H9r7k8znJo
— Alexander Tschugguel (@ATschugguel) December 10, 2022
Article 142 of the Brazilian Constitution empowers the military to bring law and order to the country when such a need
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