Brazilian justice denied Lula permission to attend the wake and burial of his brother

Brazilian justice denied former Brazilian president incarcerated Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva permission to attend the funeral and burial of his older brother, Genival Inácio da Silva, better known as & # 39; Vavá & # 39 ;.

The judgment of the Judge Carolina Lebbos -who is responsible for the anti-corruption megoperation Wash jato– is based on the opinions you have requested from the Federal Police (PF) and the Office of the Prosecutor before making a decision.

"Vava", who died Tuesday at age 79, a victim of cancer, began to be veiled from 18:00 local time in the morning. Pauliceia Cemetery of Sao Bernardo do Campo (an industrial city 20 km from Sao Paulo). The funeral will be held on Wednesday at 1:00 pm at the same location.

The PF recommended not to allow the claim alleging logistical problems, including the lack of the means of transport necessary for the former president to be able to participate in time "in the post-mortem rites of his brother and in the security, before the power mobilization of the former president.

"At the moment, helicopters that are not under maintenance are used to help the victims of Brumadinho"The mining tragedy that killed 84 people in the south-east of the country, revealed the body of the police.

Since last April in Curitiba (south), 400 km from Sao Paulo, a 12-year sentence and one month's imprisonment for pbadive bribery and money laundering. He was sentenced as a beneficiary of an apartment on the coast of Sao Paulo in exchange for his benefit to a construction company related to contracts with the state-owned company Petrobras.

The former president, aged 73, reacts to other lawsuits, but pleads innocent and denounces a plot to prevent him from returning to power.

The FP also took into account, in its "risk badysis", a possible "compromise for public order" and possible "protests of supporters of the former president".

The defense invoked Article 120 of the Law on Criminal Prosecutions, which provides that detainees can obtain the exit permit with an escort in the event of death or serious illness of a brother.

In your decision, the judge argues that the law gives "jurisdiction" to decide the permit "to the director of the penitentiary", but that does not oblige him to grant it.

Before the verdict of the judge was heard, Lula's defense filed a writ of habeas corpus in the court of second instance.

But the judge who badyzed the case, Leandro PaulsenHe stated that he could only speak after the decision of Judge Lebbos.

In November, Lula left for the first time since entering prison. He was then transferred to the Curitiba court to be interrogated for three hours in another of his cases.

As the PT recalls in a statement, "Vava", who, like Lula, was a metal worker in Sao Bernardo do Campo, "was fighting against a type of cancer that affects the blood vessels".

In 2007, Vavá was the subject of an investigation for alleged traffic of influence in favor of a mafia of illegal gambling, but was exempted from prosecution for lack of evidence.