Derrite defends public estimate in Bolsonaro’s act – 02/27/2024 – Power

The Secretary of Public Security of São Paulo, Guilherme Derrite (PL), said that the PM will once again count the number of people attending large demonstrations, unlike what had been happening in the state in recent years.

On Sunday (25), government officials Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans) and the Military Police, subordinate to the secretariat, clashed over the estimated attendance at the event promoted by former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) on Avenida Paulista.

Derrite had said late in the afternoon on social media that 750,000 people had gone to the event. On Sunday night, the report from Sheet He contacted the corporation’s press room, which then informed him that the PM does not make estimates of this type.

On Monday night (26), in an interview with the Jovem Pan network, Derrite said that the PM has intelligence software “that calculates the space occupied and the square meters of that space”.

“In this calculation on Avenida Paulista, at the height of the contingent demonstration, we arrived at the calculation of 600 thousand protesters and with the streets and surrounding areas, comings and goings, 750 thousand.”

He added: “This number was officially released in a note, I published it after they pointed out the number to me, that the calculation was made by the Military Police. And from here on, I determined that all large demonstrations, regardless of the political group that is carrying out , or the purpose of the act, that the Military Police make the calculation. Sometimes it will not be done, if it is a smaller number it will not be done”.

Tarcísio’s secretary said that it is “the same calculation that is made in the street Carnival in São Paulo”.

“For those who are against the movement, they think it was an exaggeration. And for those who are 100% in favor, they said that the calculation is wrong. The correct calculation was made, with discretion, and this number of 750 thousand was arrived at. “

The USP group Monitor do Debate Político no Meio Digital estimated the audience present at the peak of the demonstration, at 3 pm, at 185 thousand people. For the calculation, a methodology was used that counts the number of heads in images along the entire avenue, without overlapping.

The secretary stated that the Military Police were heavily asked about estimates of the number of protesters, as always happens, and that the current stance “is one of transparency”.