The audience who participated in the act of the former president (PL) this Sunday (6) on Paulista Avenue, in São Paulo, to support the amnesty project to those involved in the scammers’ attacks was 55 thousand people, according to a survey.
To make the estimate, Datafolha used aerial images obtained at 3:42 pm, considered a peak moment, during the speech of the former president in the state capital.
The demonstration occupied about three blocks from the avenue, between Alameda Minister Rocha Azevedo and Pamplona Street.
This space totals 30 thousand square meters, with three types of concentration: high density, average density and dispersion, according to the classification made by Datafolha according to the aerial images of the event.
Densities calculation varies from one to four people per square meter. Some areas also had empty spaces, with smaller concentration than one person per square meter.
The same measurement made by Datafolha in the Bolsanist acting of March 16 estimated 30,000 people in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. The public, at the time, was 3% of the estimated by the former president, who expected 1 million people.
This time, both the coordination of the act and Bolsonaro did not present, in numbers, how much they expected to attract Paulista.
In another survey, the monitor of Cebrap’s political debate and the NGO More in Common estimated that the public of this Sunday’s act in Paulista was 44,900 people.
The measurement was made at 3:44 pm, through photos taken by drones and artificial intelligence systems. The same count cited the presence of 18,300 people in Copacabana at the act of March 16.
This Sunday, the supporters had gathered from the morning in a stretch near the MASP. Bolsonaro arrived at the avenue around 1:45 pm, and the act began at 14h. Former first lady Michelle Bolsonaro and the sons of former President Carlos Bolsonaro, Flávio Bolsonaro and Jair Renan were present.
Eduardo Bolsonaro, who was remembered by his father in his speech. “Today a son was missing here. 03. speaks English, Spanish and Arab. He has contact with important people there in the United States.”
The act brought together other authorities and seven governors: (Republicans), from São Paulo, (Novo), from Minas Gerais ,. (PSD), from Paraná, Ronaldo Caiado (Union), from Goiás, Jorginho Mello (PL), from Santa Catarina, Mauro Mendes (União Brasil), from Mato Grosso, and Wilson Lima (União), from Amazonas.
The first four are quoted as presidential in 2026 in the face of vacuum opened by Bolsonaro’s ineligibility. The mayor of Sao Paulo, Ricardo Nunes (MDB), also climbed the electric trio and spoke.
The lipstick was one of the symbols of the demonstration, in a reference to the hairdresser Débora Rodrigues dos Santos, sentenced to 14 years in prison by the statue “The Justice” in front of the (Supreme Court), an episode explored by the critical pockets to the penalties applied to those involved in January 8. Several people attended the act wielding makeup.
