A judge ordered the OAS construction company to return to Lula da Silva some of the money that he had paid for an apartment in Guarujá

Judge Adilson Aparecido Rodrigues Cruz, from the 34th San Pablo Civil Court, ordered the construction company OAS and Bancoop to return to the former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 66% of the amount that his wife Marisa Letícia paid in 2005 to buy an apartment in a building under construction in Guarujá, on the coast of São Paulo.

The unit was going to have an area of ​​82.5 square meters and three bedroomsas reported O Globo. But the delivery never materialized. Bancoop, which had started the project, encountered a number of financial problems and entrusted it to the construction company OAS, which at the same time obtained nice public works contracts with Petrobras during the PT's mandate.

The lawyers of the Lula family argue that after taking over, OAS left two options to the owners: request a refund of funds originally subscribed or put an additional amount to acquire the unit. According to the lawsuit filed by the defense against the company in 2016, Letícia – deceased in 2017 – had chosen to recover the money, but the OAS had not obeyed.

What Judge Rodrigues Cruz has determined is that the company restores 66% of these funds., delivered in advance. This currently equates to R $ 200,000 ($ 50,000) plus interest.

The funny thing is that the judge sentenced Lula to 12 years in prison – which fell this week to eight years and ten months – for receiving bribes from the OAS in exchange for contracts spent with a millionaire with Petrobras. More specifically, Judge Sérgio Moro – today Justice Minister Jair Bolsonaro – claimed that the construction company He gave another apartment in Lula in the same building in Guarujá: a luxurious triplex of 215 square meters.

The President of the OAS, Leo PinheiroHe was also sentenced to 16 years in prison in the Lava Jato case. Pinheiro appears on the photos with Lula when he hands her the keys to the apartment. At that time, the former president was with Marisa Letícia.

The Lula Institute recognized the presence of the former president in the building, but the leader of the Workers Party (PT) has always denied the charges. against him.

Lula's lawyers say that Thursday's decision shows that the former president "has never enjoyed undue advantages from the OAS". In addition, they claimed that they would use this sentence as an argument in the event that the head of the PT was found guilty in order to "demonstrate that he had not committed any crime".

The building in question is located on General Monteiro de Barros Avenue 638, on Playa de las Asturias; and the department attributed to Lula is similar to that of the promotional photo of the complex on its official website. The first floor includes a large living room, a balcony overlooking the sea, a kitchen and a room reserved for domestic service.

The complex has common places of use for their owners. Solariums, garages for two cars for each unit and security for 24 hours. The site includes a playground (park), where children enjoy common games.