The National Public Security Force has been deployed to safeguard the presidential inauguration of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva slated for Sunday. Organizers of the inauguration ceremony expect some 300,000 people to attend the ceremony at the Ministries Esplanade in the capital Brasilia. Supporters of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro have been protesting the results of the Oct 30 runoff that handed Lula victory.
Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s inauguration will be “safe and peaceful,” an official says. A man was arrested over the weekend after allegedly placing explosives in a fuel truck near Brasilia’s airport. Lula backers have expressed fear on social media of riots or attacks on inauguration day. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend events in Brasilia.
