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By Brad Brooks and Rodrigo Viga Gaier
SAO PAULO / RIO DE JANEIRO, May 26 (Reuters) – Brazilians gathered Sunday in the cities to show their support for far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and to protest against the lawmakers they see as obstacles to the Speaker's legislative agenda.
There was yet no official estimate of the crowd, but by noon they seemed less important than the May 15 protests against Bolsonaro and the planned freeze on his government's spending on the government. education that has sent tens of thousands of people to the streets of more than 200 cities, the largest protest in Brazil since the taking of Bolsonaro. Office.
Bolsonaro easily won the elections last November, but since taking office on January 1, his popularity has plummeted in several polls. A survey released on Friday showed that more Brazilians disapproved of his government than approve it, a surprisingly rapid erosion of popularity.
People in the streets on Sunday argue that the corrupt Brazilian political system has not allowed Bolsonaro to advance its legislative agenda and advance in critical areas such as security, education, and politics. ;economy. They say Bolsonaro is keeping its promise not to engage in the traditional political horse trading in Brasilia, which is largely blamed for the staggering levels of corruption in the country's political clbad.
Bolsonaro initially considered participating in the protests, but later decided not to attend and recommended that government ministers not participate. Protesters gathered in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Brasilia
In Rio de Janeiro, most of the protesters of the famous Copacabana beach wore the Brazilian football team t-shirts and protested against the president of the lower house, Rodrigo Maia, and the Supreme Court.
"I have voted for years for the left, but I am now worried about the future of the country.I hope the protests will influence Congress," said Carley Farias.
The protesters brought Maia's inflatable doll adorned with the logo of companies accused of paying her bribes, alongside an inflatable doll of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva dressed in black and white. a striped suit called "Pixuleco".
"Maia has to wake up and help the country," Jose Antonio de Souza told Reuters during a demonstration in Copacabana.
Speaking during a Sunday worship in a church in Rio, Bolsonaro said the protests give an answer "to those who insist on preserving old practices and do not allow people to be free. "
Bolsonaro promised voters that he would ensure economic recovery in part by reforming the pension system, that it would greatly improve the precarious security situation in Brazil and put an end to the rampant corruption that has trapped elites. the country's political and trade policies in the context of anti-corruption investigations never conducted before. five years.
Although these goals are clearly ambitious and will take time to move forward, many who voted for Bolsonaro are increasingly frustrated by what are considered useless and incendiary tweets that he and his sons politicians send daily, as well as internal quarrels the far-right ideologue of his government, accused of some concrete achievements of his team.
(Report by Brad Brooks in Sao Paulo and Rodrigo Viga Gaier in Rio, written by Tatiana Bautzer, edited by Lisa Shumaker)
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