Brazil’s top court rules against ex-president’s petition by a 6-to-5 vote; Chief Justice broke the tie
After Chief Justice Carmen Lúcia delivered her opinion in last night’s session (4), by 6-to-5 vote of the Supreme Court of Brazil (STF) ruled against the preventive habeas corpus petition filed by ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s defense team in an effort to prevent judge Sérgio Moro to order his arrest.
A judicial order for Lula's arrest was issued by federal police on Thursday (April 5, 2018).
MST leader João Pedro Stédile says Lula’s imprisonment is “yet another chapter in the coup”
Social movements and other allies from the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Europe condemn the political persecution and threat of imprisonment against Lula, the leading candidate in Brazil’s October presidential election. Brazil’s weakened democracy is at stake.
ByLeonardo Fernandes
from Brasil de Fato
With joy and irreverence, the MST Folia bloc has drawn important guidelines around the struggle for democracy
Many believe agribusiness pulled Brazil out of the worst recession in its history. Estimates for 2017 register a scant 0.4% growth after four years of crisis, according to the Boletim Focus from the National Central Bank. Agribusiness represents almost 23% of Brazil’s GDP.
Despite the ruling made yesterday in Porto Alegre, Lula da Silva does not face immediate arrest
or disqualification from the 2018 presidential race.
A Brazilian appellate court on Wednesday upheld a legal appeal filed by former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against a corruption and money laundering conviction issued by a federal judge last July.
Over the last week, in Brazil and different parts of the world, hundreds of thousands of us have been mobilizing, handing out flyers, giving public classes, holding vigils, marches, actions, roadblocks and occupations in order to promote dialogue and alert the society about the farcical trial that is being carried out against presidential candidate Lula da Silva Porto Alegre and explaining its significance: it is a prolongation of the coup that began in 2016.
Former President Lula da Silva will qualify as an eligible candidate in the 2018 presidential elections.
