They are organizing a music festival in support of Lula da Silva

The legendary singers Gilberto Gil, Chico Buarque and Beth Carvalho participate this Saturday in a festival in Rio de Janeiro, with dozens of artists, to demand the freedom of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has served more than 12 years in prison since April.

The "Lula Libre Festival" takes place from 14:00. Arcos da Lapa, in the heart of the city, and will have the participation of about 40 artists, social movements and leaders of the Workers Party (PT, left) of the former president.

"Artists and musicians a whole for the defense of democracy and freedom of Lula #FestivalLulaBook", wrote the PT president, Senator Gleisi Hoffmann, on his Twitter account. Read also: Lula da Silva: between freedom and prison

Lula, 72, reiterated his candidacy for the presidency in the October elections, although he was a prisoner in Curitiba (south) after being convicted of receiving an apartment on the coast of Sao Paulo by a construction company, in exchange for favors in contracts with Petrobras

Although his appointment is most likely invalidated by the electoral justice The former metallurgist continues to conduct the voting intentions, badisted by the ultradrechist Jair Bolsonaro

"I am a candidate because I have not committed any crime, I challenge those who accuse me of showing what I 'm I did it in this case. cell, "writes Lula in a column published on July 12 in the Folha di S. Paulo newspaper. Revive here: Judge insists and orders Lula to be released immediately

The PT waits for a mbad summons during the festival, after his rare summons in the last mobilizations, and August 4 is scheduled to formalize the candidacy of Lula at the party convention.

According to the organizers, dozens of free activities in the Arcos da Lapa-postal transmissemblemmatic of Rio, close the night with performances of Buarque and Gil, who will be the star in a moving meeting after the last time that they sang together was in 1973, at the time of the dictatorship. You may be interested in: Books that reads former prison president Lula