Brazilians took to the streets again to demonstrate against the government and corruption on Sunday. However, as compared to last month-when about two million marched in dozens of cities-the number of the protesters was smaller.
The social movements that scheduled the protests for Sunday morning were had their aim to get more people to turn out than did so on March 15 unfulfilled.
The number of demonstrators in Brasilia, for instance, dropped 50,000 to 20,000 as per estimation of the authorities, Bernama reported. The police said that the demonstrators marched along the Esplanade of Ministries, the broad capital avenue where the main buildings housing the three government branches are located.
About 5,000 people showed up in Belo Horizonte, capital of Minas Gerais state gathering on Freedom Square. Compared to last month's protest, there were about 20,000 demonstrators who showed up.
There were about 41,000 people who turned out for the Sunday demonstrations in 35 cities across 12 states. Meanwhile, the numbers were expected to grow as the afternoon progresses and other protests are scheduled for dozens of other cities-including Sao Paulo, which is considered as the country's largest metropolis, where approximately a million people marched the streets the previous month.
Some groups named the demonstrations on social networks as Come Out on the Street Brazil Movement, Revoltosos Online and the Free Brazil Movement, who say they are independent of any political parties despite the fact that the main opposition parties were supporting the protests.
The organizations say that they are outraged by the country's political and economic situation and therefore they are demanding reforms, greater investments in health and education, as well as a sustained and effective fight against corruption.
Also, a large number of protesters are stipulating the resignation of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff or that the Congress impeach her for she is allegedly responsible in the corruption scandal that recently came to light within Brazil's Petrobras oil company, CNN reported.
A survey was released on Saturday by Datafolha stating that 75 percent of Brazilians support the protests and 63 percent say that Rousseff should be impeached.