Brazil's acting president Hamilton Mourao criticises outgoing far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro for allowing anti-democratic sentiments to thrive
Supporters of President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva cheer outside the hotel where he is staying on the eve of his inauguration.
Vice president under Bolsonaro, Mourao delivered the New Year speech after taking over on Friday, when the outgoing president flew to Florida to avoid handing over the presidential sash to leftist President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at his January 1 inauguration. In a surprisingly strong speech, Mourao praised democracy and said the country would just change governments, not regimes on January 1, adding that people must return to their normal lives.
Some of his supporters have refused to accept Lula's victory, believing Bolsonaro's baseless claims that the October election was stolen and contributing to a tense atmosphere in the capital Brasilia, with riots and a foiled bomb plot.
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