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Brazil marked a controversial 200th anniversary of independence with military parades hosted by President Jair Bolsonaro.
The president, in turn, scolded opinion polls, the Supreme Court and the opponent in the presidential election this fall.
The day of remembrance on Wednesday was marked by far-right politician Bolsonaro’s fierce attack on the opponent in the presidential election in October, and on opinion polls that “lie”. The former military Bolsonaro is behind the challenger, former president and left-wing politician Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by more than ten percentage points.
– It is a lie. This is a battle between good and evil, Bolsonaro said of the polls.
The president had then presided over the parading of air and ground troops in the capital Brasilia, as well as a similar parade in Rio de Janeiro.
But in the angry attacks, the Supreme Court ended up high, the court that rejected previous prison sentences for the opponent Lula da Silva and rejected the prosecution’s corruption charges.
Bolsonaro’s supporters want the president to get rid of the country’s highest judicial body:
“Bolsonaro: send in the military to depose the Supreme Court” was the message on a placard.
– Our country is being destroyed by the dictatorship of the court, said supporter Suely Ferreira to AFP.
The comment was reminiscent of Bolsonaro’s speech at last year’s Independence Day. Then the president said that only God could depose him.