BRAZILIAN opposition politicians and state governors have condemned President Jair Bolsonaro after he joined an Army Day rally calling for a return to military dictatorship.

Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB) president Luciana Santos said the president had “crossed all limits” at the rally, which was “an attack on democracy which we cannot tolerate.”

Mr Bolsonaro broke his government’s own social-distancing guidelines to attend the protest of several hundred outside the army headquarters. He did not specifically address the demonstration’s demands for congress and the Supreme Court to be shut down and the army to take over, but told them: “I am here because I believe in you. You are here because you believe in Brazil.”