Demonstrators against Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaros government protest during an anti-racism march called Amazonas for Democracy in Manaus, Brazil on June 2, 2020. (AFP photo)
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday called Black Lives Matter activists and people taking part in pro-democracy rallies "pot-user terrorists" and "delinquents", saying he had asked security forces to act if demonstrations expected on Sunday exceed limits.
"Generally, they are marginalized people, terrorists, pot-users, unemployed people who do not know what the economy is about. They dont know what its like to work to earn their daily bread," the Brazilian president said.
The far-right president called on security forces to act swiftly "if by any chance those delinquents go beyond the limits of the law."
Representatives of the National Guard and the Federal District met on Friday to discuss security in Brasilia ahead of the weekend protests. A person familiar with the matter said it had not yet been decided whether federal forces would be deployed in the countrys capital.
Bolsonaros supporters have held near-weekly rallies urging the military to shut down Congress and the Supreme Court
Pro-democracy protests are taking place all over this South American country in response to weekly rallies organized by the Brazilian far-right that is calling on the former captains supporters to back his government to shut down both Congress and the Supreme Court for opposing his agenda. But the president has asked his supporters to stay off the streets this weekend to let police focus on opposition protests.
(Source: Agencies)
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