Lula da Shiuba
The Federal Supreme Court overturned the previous conviction against former Brazilian President Luis Inassiu Lula da Ciuba (75, photo), who was imprisoned for a bribery scandal. With this ruling, he emerged as a variable in the next year’s presidential election in Brazil.
The judgment was canceled on suspicion of collusion with prosecutors and judges
Bolsonaru beat the presidential poll
On the 8th (local time), according to foreign media such as the Guardian and Reuters, Supreme Court Justice Edson Patchin of the Supreme Court of Brazil on that day invalidated all of the lower court’s convictions against former President Lula, who had been tried on charges of bribery and other charges. Judge Pachin ruled, “The (centrifugal) judgment of the Court of Curitiba was not appropriate,” and that “the capital of the capital Brasilia must be retried in the federal court.”
In 2009, when he was in office, Lula was accused of helping a large construction company win a contract with the state-owned oil company Petrobras and receiving a luxury apartment worth 3.7 million Real (about 720 million won) in return. In 2014, the investigation began in earnest, and in 2017, he was sentenced to 9 years in prison at the first trial and 12 years in prison at the second trial the following year.
But in June 2019, when suspicion of collusion between the investigative prosecutor and the judge arose, the situation reversed, and in the end, the federal Supreme Court raised Lula’s hand.
With the Supreme Court ruling, former President Lula regains his right to elect, and it is of interest whether the Lula formula, “running will soon be elected,” will work in the next presidential election. Lula, who ruled Brazil from 2003 to 2010, was so popular that when he retired, the approval rating reached 83%. If he runs for election, he is predicted to be a candidate against the current President Zaire Bolsonaro. According to the BBC, in a poll conducted by Brazilian political consulting firm IPEC on the 7th (local time), former President Lula surpassed President Bolsonaro (38%) with an estimated 50% vote.
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