Extreme Righ-Wing Bolsonaro to Be Sworn In on Jan 1 in Brazil

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Brasilia, Nov 15 (Prensa Latina) The ultra-right politician Jair Bolsonaro, who won Brazil''s October presidential elections, will take office on January 1, 2019, Senate Speaker Eunicio Oliveira announced. Oliveira confirmed the inauguration of the president-elect was brougt forward by two hours and will be held at 3:00 p.m., local time, on January 1, in response to a request from the former army captain.

The swearing-in ceremony is organized by a multi-disciplinary team made up of members of the National Congress, the Presidency of the Republic and the Foreign Ministry. There will be solemn events on three locations, according to sources close to the new Executive.

The Superior Electoral Court (TSE) scheduled the so-called diplomacy of the future president, an event that empowers all elected to the office, for 11:00 a.m., local time. on December 10.

The deadline for that ceremony was scheduled for December 19, but it was brought forward because of a new surgery that Bolsonaro will undergo (on December 12) to remove a colostomy bag he has had since he was stabbed in September.