Lula da Silva asked to respect the legal procedure with Michel Temer, arrested by Lava Jato

Former Brazilian President, Lula da Silva, imprisoned after a conviction for corruption, has asked the court to respect the right to a fair trial against former leader Michel Temer, arrested as part of the 39, Lava Jato case.

"Powerful institutions such as the prosecutor's office and the federal police can not make any show, be it Temer or Lula, either (the former president) Fernando Henrique Cardoso (the current President Jair) Bolsonaro, no one can be detained without legal process. "said Lula, leader of the Workers Party (PT).

President between 2003 and 2019, Lula has been imprisoned in the Superintendency of the Curitiba Federal Police since 2017. He has been convicted for the second time in court on charges of corruption and money laundering in the country. Lava Jato case. Lula is also serving another 12 years and a half of corruption, published this year by a trial judge in Curitiba.

Thursday, a political enemy of Lula, Michel Temer, was arrested. of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB), by order of Judge Marcelo Bretas, in charge of the Lava Jato case in Rio de Janeiro.

This Federal Trial Magistrate ordered the pre-trial detention of Temer and nine other suspects be part of a "criminal badociation" that has worked for nearly four decades.

Temer's lawyers filed a writ of habeas corpus with the Federal Regional Court II of the Second Instance of Rio de Janeiro.

To fear He spent his first night in jail on Thursday. The former president, aged 78, occupies a "special" room of about 20 square meters in the Regional Superintendency of the Federal Police of Rio de Janeiro, located in the port area of ​​the city.

The room, located on the third floor of the building, has no window but has a private bathroom and air conditioning, according to the Globo Group.

At first, he was going to be taken to a military police prison in the city of Niteroi in the Rio Metropolitan Area, but his lawyers asked for justice to be held at the police headquarters for being a former president. .

The defense compared its situation to that of Lula da Silva, who has been serving a 12-year sentence since April for pbadive bribery and money laundering under the supervision of the federal police of the city of Curitiba, in the south of the country. country. Country.

To fear, who arrived at the Brazilian presidency in mid-2016 after the sacking of Dilma Rousseff, who was his vice president, received Thursday night the visit of an important ally, Carlos Marun.

Marun, who was minister of the Government Secretariat of To fearHe told reporters that the former president was "very sad", "surprised" and "indignant" and that in his capacity as constitutional attorney, he "knew the absolute inadmissibility" and "the unlawfulness" of his pre-trial detention.

However, the former minister continued, To fear "He maintains his confidence in justice and expects his situation to" reverse as quickly as possible ".

With information from ANSA and EFE