Former President said he ordered 50% of Congress, even if he is not president; demonstration had fewer supporters than that held on April 7, in the same place
The act of the former president (Pl) reunit About 16,400 people This Sunday (29.jun.2025), on Paulista Avenue, in São Paulo. This was your smallest audience registered on site. Were approximately 43,600 supporters less than the .
It was also the smallest audience made in acts performed on weekends. On May 7 this year, on Wednesday, the former president A demonstration in Brasilia in favor of the amnesty of the detainees for the acts of January 8. He gathered 4,000 people in the day, according to USP (University of São Paulo).
O Poder360 Used high resolution aerial photos to calculate public estimation on Sunday (29.Jun). The images were recorded by a drone from 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm, at the time of greater concentration of the act, during Bolsonaro’s speech. The former president began to speak around 3:33 pm. Spoke for 26 minutes.
With the photos available, the area occupied by the protesters was squaded with Google Earth so that it was possible to know how many square meters there were public.
O Poder360 marked the places according to the concentration:
- density low – one person per m²;
- density medium-middle – (2 people per m²);
- density average – (3 people per m²);
- density medium-high – (4 people per m²);
- density alta – (5 people per m²).
Then he added the number of people in each square meter and has reached the estimated total – which will always be approximate, because in concentrations of this nature people move from side to side often. Nor is it possible to clearly identify people under trees or buildings of buildings.
Here is the infographic in the area occupied during the act:
Bolsonaro
The demonstration was and funded by Pastor Silas Malafaia. Its theme was “justice already”. According to the religious, the act is a reaction to Bolsonaro’s judgment in the Supreme Court (STF), in which the former president is accused of involvement in the attempted coup d’état in 2022.
Bolsonaro In the investigation on March 26, 2025.
During the speech, Bolsonaro That doesn’t even have to be president, but asked supporters to give 50% of the House and the Senate right in the 2026 elections to “change Brazil”.
“Give me 50% of the House and 50% of the Senate that I change the destination of Brazil. I don’t even need to be president. [presidente do PL (Partido Liberal)] Valdemar [Costa Neto] keeping me as president of honor of the liberal party, we will do it for you“, These.
USP estimated
O From USP, the act of Bolsonaro had an audience of about 12,400 supporters at peak. The study margin of the study is 2,200 people, more or less.
The calculation is done with the help of Chinese software called Point to Point Network. Understand in this do Poder360 How the program works.
Other acts of Bolsonaro
Remember Bolsonaro’s acts since 2023:
- 8.Mai.2025 – gathered 4,000 in Brasilia;
- 6.abr.2025 – 60,000 at av. Paulista, in SP;
- 16.mar.2025 – 26,000 in Copacabana, in Rio;
- 7.set.2024 – 58,000 at Av. Paulista, in SP;
- 25.fev.2024 – From 300 thousand to 350 thousand in av. Paulista, in SP;
- 21.abr.2024 – From 40,000 to 45,000 in Copacabana, in Rio.
METHOLOGY OF POWER360
To calculate the public estimation, the Poder360 Used high resolution aerial photos made with drone at the time of higher concentration at the site of the act. With the photos available, the busy terrain was squad with Google Earth so that it was possible to know how many m² There was audience.
The digital newspaper marked the places according to the concentration: 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 people m². Then he added the estimated number of protesters and reached the total – that will always be approximate, because in concentrations of this nature, the public is floating and moves. It is not possible to clearly identify in the images the audience that is under trees or buildings of buildings.
