Brazil's Supreme Tribunal begins to address Lula's case on May 4th

Friday, April 27th 2018 - 12:24 UTC

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Lula’s Workers’ Party (PT) has said he remains their candidate despite his legal troubles, which it claims have been politically motivated to keep him out of the race.

Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) is to vote on a motion starting May 4 that could potentially release ex-president Lula da Silva from prison, the court said. Lula's defense team hopes to overturn a decision by Sergio Moro, a federal judge and head of a key corruption investigation that determined he had to begin serving a 12-year sentence for accepting bribes.

The former president was imprisoned on April 7, effectively derailing his bid to run for a third term in October elections.

STF judges will have until midnight of May 10 to submit their electronic votes, without having to meet in person to debate the case. Should all the votes be in before the deadline, the much-anticipated results could be announced earlier. Lula’s Workers’ Party (PT) has said he remains their candidate despite his legal troubles, which it claims have been politically motivated to keep him out of the race.

His lawyers argue that Moro’s decision to have him begin his sentence was premature, since they have not exhausted his appeals process.

Categories: Politics, Brazil.

Tags: 2018 Brazil Elections, Brazil, Lula da Silva, Lula da Silva 2018, Sergio Moro, The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil (STF), Workers' Party (Brazil).

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:o))
Is there any OTHER way?

https://www.otempo.com.br/polopoly_fs/1.1604746.1524784423!image/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/main-charges-resize_620/image.JPG
Apr 28th, 2018 - 02:51 am +1
Enrique Massot
Let's see what the generals say in anticipation to the ruling.
Apr 28th, 2018 - 04:01 pm 0
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The Generals can “SAY” a lot but their inability to control one city - RJ [& the cartels]; is already a proof, sufficient enough to visualize their performance in controlling an entire country. The population may better be off with Lulla:
https://i1.wp.com/www.humorpolitico.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Noticias-para-Lula.jpg?resize=580%2C420&ssl=1
Apr 29th, 2018 - 03:15 am 0

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