Finally, Lula da Silva will be able to attend the funeral of his brother

After the fight against lung cancer, Genival Inacio da Silva, the eldest of seven brothers of former President Lula Da Silva, has died. Upon hearing this news, lawyers representing the former president asked the Brazilian justice to attend the funeral in question.

The request applied to Article 120 of the Law on Criminal Prosecutions, which provides that "convicted persons serving a sentence under a closed or semi-open regime and provisional prisoners may be allowed to leave the establishment. , under escort, at the time of death or serious illness of your spouse, partner, ascendant, descendant or brother. "

However, she was rejected by Judges Carolina de Moura Lebbos and Leandro Paulsen, both members of the Regional Regional Court of the 4th region of Porto Alegre. The resolution was based on the potential leakage risk that Lula's departure could generate.

However, after this initial decision, the Supreme Court of Brazil, the highest court in the country, allowed the former president to attend the funeral of "Vavá" this afternoon.

The President of the Federal Supreme Court, José Antonio Dias Toffoli, has acceded to the request by insisting on the humanitarian law and the provisions of the penal legislation.

Recall that Lula has been in prison since April 7, 2018 and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison for pbadive bribery and money laundering.

The former president was notably found guilty of accepting bribes of 1.1 million US dollars from the construction company OAS, one of the companies involved in the Petrobras scandal.