A Supreme Court justice on Monday annulled all convictions against former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a ruling that potentially would allow him to run again for the presidency next year.
The decision by Justice Luiz Edson Fachin drew no conclusions about the mammoth “Car Wash” investigation centered on state-run giant Petrobras, from which the da Silva probes emerged. It said, instead, that the federal court in the southern city of Curitiba, which sentenced da Silva twice for corruption and money laundering, didn’t have jurisdiction to put the leftist leader on trial.Fachin said the cases will be sent to the federal court of Brazil’s Federal District, where they can begin anew.
But Brazilian media reported that the country’s attorney general, Augusto Aras, an ally of conservative President Jair Bolsonaro, is preparing to appeal the decision.for decades, first as firebrand metalworkers’ union organizer who launched failed bids for the presidency, then as the charismatic everyman whose popularity grew on the job as president from 2003 to 2010 thanks to hefty government handouts to the poor and infrastructure investments during the country’s commodities boom.
People in some cities went to their windows and chanted, “Lula livre!” — “Lula free!” — or blasted jingles from his presidential campaigns. There were also cries of “Bolsonaro Out!” that have appeared at times since the COVID-19 pandemic hit Brazil one year ago.and seven months for allegedly receiving an apartment worth about $1 million as a bribe from construction company OAS. Da Silva has always denied ownership of the apartment.
Biggest thief ever!
What a joke! The man has 80 millions US in a Swiss bank..... his children are millionaires now.... and he wants to come back and rob Brazil 🇧🇷 again! What a cheek! 😡
This “Move” is what Trump was wishing for from our Court System! CORRUPTION at its best!!
the “lava jato” was a scam
Justice was done
The greatest thief in history
horrible
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