Finally, the Supreme Court has allowed Lula to leave prison to watch over her brother

A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Wednesday allowed former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to temporarily leave the prison to say goodbye to his supervised elder brother in the city of San Bernardo do Campo, a suburb of San Francisco. Pablo.

Lula 's defense had called for the release of the exmandatario, but the justice denied order night on Tuesday after the federal police had discussed logistical problems for his transfer. Then Lula appealed to the Supreme Court.

The President of the Supreme Court, Judge José Dias Toffoli, granted a writ of habeas corpus so that, according to the law, the "can be badured"Lula's right to meet exclusively with her family on the date of her today, in the military unit of the region ", where the dead body of his older brother, who was already buried in the Paulicéia cemetery according to the site G1, could be transferred.

The President of the STF baderted in his ruling that any event "should not prevent the exercise of an badured right to those who are subject to the regime of respect for the sentence, although partially, that 39; is to say, the right of the applicant to meet family members in a reserved and pre-established place in order to secure the solidarity of his familyeven after the burial, since there is no objection to the law. "

Toffoli prohibits the use of mobile phones and other means of communicationas well as the presence of the press and public statements. According to the judge, these measures are aimed at preserving the safety of the former president, those present and public officials who accompany him.

In a note, the Workers' Party criticized the first ruling of the court and declared that "usurping the right of a citizen to see and bury a loved one" one of the "most cruel attitudes" possible. Lula's party had denounced that "not even during the military dictatorship" (1964-1985), when he was "political prisoner", Lula "was prevented from saying everything and watched his mother, Doña Lindu".