The Supreme Court of Brazil allowed to arrest the ex-president for 12 years, who is ready to win the election again

The Supreme Court of Brazil allowed the ex-president of the Republic of Luis Inasiu Lulu da Silva (the Brazilians call him just Lula) to prison to execute the indictment in the corruption case. The debates in the case of the former national leader lasted more than 10 hours and were broadcast on YouTube. As a result, six members of the Armed Forces against five rejected the defense of the revision of the sentence, the newspaper O Globo reports.

In January of this year, the court of second instance increased the term of imprisonment of Lula from nine years and six months to 12 years and one month . He is a person involved in seven criminal cases. In July last year, the court issued a verdict for one of them, finding the ex-president guilty of corruption and laundering of money and sentencing him to nine years and six months of imprisonment. He was also forbidden to occupy public posts for 19 years.

According to Brazilian lawyers, Lula and Silva’s lawyers have left another, the last opportunity to slightly delay the verdict. They can file the so -called appeal on the appeal. This can be done until the next Tuesday, April 10. However, as O Globo notes, such a step is unlikely to change something, so judge Sergio Moro can authorize the arrest of the ex-president on any day.

Thus, Lula da Silva will almost certainly be deprived of the right to register her candidacy in the election of President Brazil, which will be held in October. Despite the numerous accusations of corruption, the former head of state (Lula held this post in 2003-2011) is still considered the favorite of the presidential race. So, according to a survey conducted in early March, by order of the National Confederation of Transport, 33.4% of the Brazilians are ready to support Lula in the first round of the presidential election. Moreover, in the second round of voting, the ex-president, according to the study, would win, regardless of who would become his rival, TASS notes.

Now the left batch of workers, one of the leaders of which the ex-president is most likely to look for a candidate who can become an alternative to Lule. Among the applicants for the highest state post, in addition to the ex-president, the ultra-right deputy of the National Parliament Zhir Bolsonaru enjoys significant support.

Universal (presidential, parliamentary and governor) elections will be held in Brazil on October 7, 2018. If the second round is needed to determine the winners, it will be held on October 28.

Recall that last year, the prosecutor general of Brazil officially charged with passive corruption against the current president of the country Michel Topor. At the same time, Temer had previously been a defendant in the case of illegal financing of the 2014 election campaign of the former President of Brazil Dilma Rusef, who changed Lula de Silva in 2011, but soon she became a defendant in the corruption scandal and was suspended . In early June 2017, the country's Supreme Court justified the Topic. But against the background of these scandals, Temer is extremely unpopular in Brazil, a third of his cabinet of ministers is under investigation due to suspicions of corruption.