Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will not contest his electoral defeat and will address the nation on Tuesday, Communications Minister Fabio Faria told Reuters. The far-right politician has not yet commented on the results of last Sunday’s elections. He lost re-election with 49.1% of the vote compared to 50.9% obtained by the left-wing candidate, Lula da Silva. This long-awaited presidential address could defuse protests by his supporters who have blocked roads in many Brazilian states, along with pro-Bolsonaro truckers who are calling on him to challenge leftist Lula da Silva’s electoral victory. According to Reuters, Bolsonaro’s political allies they have already begun contacting Lula’s staff to discuss a transition. Some, including the president of the lower house of Congress, have publicly said that the government should respect the election results. The police try to end the blockades of the followers of BolsonaroThe governors of several states in Brazil have decided to mobilize the Military Police, which reports directly to the regions, in the face of the apparent federal inaction to eliminate the roadblocks imposed by supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro after the defeat of the far-right politician in Sunday’s elections. Protests in Brazil by followers of Bolsonaro niusdiario.es A Supreme Court judge, Alexandre de Moraes, has endorsed that state security forces can be deployed to collaborate in tasks that, theoretically, , correspond to the Federal Highway Police (PRF), which depends on the central government. Shortly after learning of this permit, there have been messages from governors who have chosen to take action on their own. The governor of Sao Paulo, Rodrigo Garcia, has branded the blockade as “inadmissible”, while the main person in charge of Rio de Janeiro, Claudio Castro, has called for “respecting the results of the polls”, reports the G1 portal. The governor of Minas Gerais, Romeu Zema, has made a similar statement: “I have already asked our security forces to adopt the necessary measures to clear any road or highway that is blocked by the demonstrations.” The protests have been taking place since the Former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Sunday’s elections, without the current president, Jair Bolsonaro, having yet spoken out to acknowledge the defeat or at least urge his followers to respect democratic channels.