Brazil’s Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes on Friday set fines of 100,000 reais (about 18,000 euros) per day for vehicle owners who continue to block the country’s roads in protest of Jair Bolsonaro’s defeat in the last elections.
De Moraes has taken this decision due to «the insistence of criminal and anti-democratic acts» that continue to occur in several areas of the country as they threaten democracy, the rule of law, institutions and the confirmation of the results of the 2022 elections.
In turn, the Supreme Court judge has decreed that the companies and individuals who are providing logistical and financial support to those who continue to impose these blockades on Brazilian highways should also be identified, reports the newspaper ‘O Globo’.
De Moraes has established that all the police forces of the country will be in charge of breaking up the blockades and imposing the pertinent sanctions, and in turn all the heads of the different local governments and security forces will be urgently summoned to implement these measures.
Since Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the second round of Brazil’s elections last October 30, many of the country’s main highways have been blocked by disgruntled supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, who are even demanding military intervention to reverse the results.
