Lula cries to her brother Vavá | The former president of …

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has sought judicial authorization to leave Curitiba Prison to attend the funeral and burial of his older brother, Genival Inácio da Silva, better known as the name of Vavá. The brother of the former Brazilian president died yesterday at the age of 79 from the consequences of lung cancer. It was veiled the same afternoon at the Pauliceia cemetery of Sao Bernardo do Campo, an industrial town located 20 km from San Pablo. The funeral is scheduled for today at the same place.

In her Twitter social network account, Lula published a photo with her brother and wrote the sentence: "Vavá, in memory", accompanied by a grieving black heart. "The Workers Party and its activism stand alongside Lula at this time of suffering," said the party led by the former president in a statement in which he also expressed his wish that Lula could get out of prison. attend the funeral. "This is a personal loss that President Lula must suffer, in addition to the unfair and illegal punishment he is subjected to and the unlawful prohibition of his political activities," the PT said. In addition, in the statement posted on his website, the political organization recalled that the elder da Silva, like his brother, was a metalworker and a PT activist. He also stated that Vavá had been the victim of personal persecution. "Opponents of Lula and the PT, including some incorporated into the state apparatus, have made Vavá a target of personal persecution, misleading allegations and abuses of life. authority he was confronted with the head up, "reads the document.

"Lula had a father figure in Vavá, our condolences to the family, a loving hug and a strength for Lula, and we hope that I will be able to see Vavá for the last time," party president Gleisi Hoffmann said in a message. posted on Twitter. At the same time, former President Dilma Rousseff badured that she had learned the news with great sadness and, like Hoffmann, she said: "I hope that President Lula will be able to less say goodbye to his beloved brother. "

The defense of the former president of the left asked the Federal Judge Carolina Lebbos, in charge of the Lava Jato anti-corruption operation, to authorize the departure of the former president to attend the wake and funeral of his brother. The defense invoked Article 120 of the Law on Criminal Prosecution, which provides that detainees can obtain the exit permit with escort in the event of death or serious illness of a family member. The court had already refused him in December the departure to attend the funeral of the human rights lawyer and former deputy Luis Carlos Sigmaringa Seixas. On this occasion, the court argued that the legislation enshrined the right of prisoners to go out only in the event of death or serious illness of a family member. Therefore, this time, the defense relied on this argument to reinforce its request for temporary departure. "It is therefore true that the complainant meets the objective requirements set out in the law for the exit permit," his lawyers said.

Since April 2017, Lula is serving a 12-year sentence and a month in prison in Curitiba Penitentiary after being sentenced by the former judge and current justice minister of Jair Bolsonaro's far-right government, Sergio Moro, who accuses him of pbadive bribery. and money laundering. In his conviction, the former Judge Moro said that Lula had received a three-story apartment on a beach in San Pablo in exchange for favors granted to the OAS construction company, what the old President strongly denies. Lula's lawyers have repeatedly called for the freedom of the former president, whom they regard as a victim of political and judicial persecution, but the claims were rejected in all cases.

If he was given permission, it would be the second time he would leave the prison. In November, he was transferred to the Curitiba court to be interrogated for three hours in another case against him.