Lula's pain: my grandson was bullied; his comrades told him that his grandfather was a thief

The former president (2003-2010) arrived at the cemetery of Sao Bernardo do Campo, escorted by armed agents to attend the farewell ceremony of his grandson, who died suddenly from a police station. meningitis at the age of 7 years.

Dressed in a dark suit and a light shirt, he greeted with a very serious gesture the activists who cheered him on the door with cries of "Lula, warrior of the Brazilian people"Nearly two hours later, he left the scene under the applause of his supporters.

Several representatives of social movements and the Workers' Party, such as former President Dilma Rousseff or Fernando Haddad, a candidate defeated in the last elections, also surrounded the family of the left-wing patriarch.

Many bunches of flowers filled the wake room near the press, including a wreath sent by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the newspaper reported. Folha de Sao Paulo.

Unable to contain the tears, the The 73-year-old former union leader spoke at the ceremony that preceded the boy's cremation shortly before his departure..

"He said that Arthur was suffering from bullying at school, that his comrades had told him that his grandfather was a thief and that he was therefore a prisoner." He promised his grandson that he promised to fight by all means for the judiciary to recognize his innocence, "he said.

Arthur, whose father is Sandro Luis Lula da Silva (one of Lula's five children), had visited his grandfather twice in prison.