ブラジル大統領、議会襲撃を極右「テロ」と非難 １５００人を逮捕

【ブラジリアＡＦＰ＝時事】ブラジルの治安部隊は９日、ジャイル・ボルソナロ前大統領（６７）の支持者約３０００人が首都ブラジリアの軍司令部前に構えていた拠点を制圧し、１５００人を逮捕した。（写真はボルソナロ氏支持者制圧後のブラジル大統領府）
　昨年行われた大統領選の結果に抗議するボルソナロ氏の支持者は前日、一部が暴徒化し、連邦議会や大統領府、最高裁に侵入した。今月初めに就任したルイス・イナシオ・ルラ・ダシルバ大統領（７７）は首都を混乱に陥れた今回の事態について、極右勢力による「テロ行為」だと非難した。
　ルラ氏は事態に対処するため、上下両院議長および最高裁長官と会談。「民主主義と憲法の擁護者である（ブラジル連邦）共和国の三権は、今回発生したテロ行為やクーデターまがいの犯罪的な破壊行為を拒否する」との共同声明を発表した。
　今回の事態は、ボルソナロ氏の盟友、ドナルド・トランプ前米大統領の支持者による２０２１年の米議会襲撃を想起させるものとなった。
　一方、ボルソナロ氏は米フロリダ州オーランドの病院に入院した。９日、夫人が明らかにした。２０１８年の大統領選期間中に腹部を刺されて以来の腹部の不快感が原因だという。
　ボルソナロ氏は、後任の大統領就任式に出席する伝統に従わず、任期最終日を残し外遊していた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/01/11-12:46）

Brazilian security forces cleared protest camps Monday and arrested 1,500 people as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned acts of terrorism after a far-right mob stormed the seat of power, unleashing chaos on the capital.
Hundreds of soldiers and police mobilized to dismantle an improvised camp outside the army's headquarters in Brasilia.
There, some 3,000 supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro had set up tents -- used as a base for the sea of protesters who ran riot inside the presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court for around four hours Sunday.
Lula, who took office on January 1 after a bitterly divisive election win over Bolsonaro, returned to work in the pillaged presidential palace, where AFP reporters saw the wreckage that remained of the previous day's havoc: trashed artwork and offices, shattered windows and doors, broken glass strewn across the floor, and furniture dragged into a reflecting pool.
Lula, the 77-year-old veteran leftist who previously led Brazil from 2003 to 2010, met with the leaders of both houses of Congress and the chief justice of the Supreme Court, and joined them in condemning what many called the South American country's version of the US Capitol riots in Washington two years ago.
The three powers of the republic, the defenders of democracy and the constitution, reject the terrorist acts and criminal, coup-mongering vandalism that occurred, they said in a joint statement.
Lula accepted an invitation to meet with President Joe Biden next month in Washington, US officials said.
Bolsonaro, who narrowly lost the October elections, meanwhile said on Twitter that he had been hospitalized in Florida with abdominal pains stemming from a near-fatal knife attack when he was campaigning for the presidency in 2018.
Bolsonaro has alleged he is the victim of a conspiracy against him by Brazil's courts and electoral authorities.
The ex-president, dubbed the Tropical Trump, traveled to Orlando on the second-to-last day of his term -- snubbing Lula's inauguration, in a break with tradition.
Bolsonaro, 67, took to Twitter Sunday night to condemn the pillaging in Brasilia, but rejected Lula's claim he incited the attacks, and defended the right to peaceful protests.
- 'Traces of Trumpism' -
As the nation continued to come to grips with Sunday's stunning violence, hundreds of people gathered along a major avenue in downtown Sao Paulo to defend Brazilian democracy and demand punishment for the people who stormed the halls of power a day earlier.
I have not endured what I have in this life to see what I saw yesterday -- my people, my country, divided in such a way, said Edi Valladares, a 61 year old teacher.
The demonstrators included young people, entire families, labor union activists, anti-racism advocates and others, with banners reading We are with Lula and for democracy and Respect for the people's vote.
Earlier in the day, large contingents of riot police deployed to lock down the capital's Three Powers Square, home to the iconic modernist buildings that serve as the headquarters of the three branches of government.
Condemnation continued to pour in from around the world, with Pope Francis criticizing the unrest as a sign of weakening of democracy in the Americas.
In a joint statement ahead of summit talks in Mexico City, Biden, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the attacks and said they stand with Brazil as it safeguards its democratic institutions.
In a show of firm support, Biden spoke with Lula by phone Monday and invited him to visit the White House in early February. The Brazilian leader accepted, the White House said.
Biden told Lula of his support for the free will of the Brazilian people as expressed in Brazil's recent presidential election, which President Lula won, the White House said in a statement.
Many drew the inevitable comparison to January 6, 2021, when supporters of then-US president Donald Trump invaded the Capitol in Washington in a violent, failed bid to stop Congress from certifying his election loss.
- Investigation begins -
Lula, who was in the southeastern city of Araraquara visiting a flood-hit region when the riot started, signed a decree Sunday declaring a federal intervention in Brasilia, giving his government special powers over the local police force to restore law and order in the capital.
His government vowed to find and arrest those who planned and financed the attacks.
Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes suspended Brasilia Governor Ibaneis Rocha, a Bolsonaro ally, from his post for 90 days, on grounds of criminal negligence.
Moraes also ordered the security forces to disperse anti-government protests outside military bases nationwide.
Hardline Bolsonaro supporters have been protesting outside army barracks calling for a military intervention to keep Lula from power since his election win.
Following the ruling, soldiers and police broke up camps in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, as well as Brasilia.
Lula narrowly won the October 30 runoff election by a score of 50.9 percent to 49.1 percent.