The Brazilian Electoral Tribunal is considering withdrawing Lula's candidacy

Brazil's Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) is preparing a coup against the candidacy of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, warns a local newspaper.

According to the Brazilian newspaper O Globo, the TSE would act against Lula on the same day, August 15, when the Workers' Party (PT) plans to register it as a candidate for the presidential elections. Next October.

"The goal is not to doubt Lula's candidacy for elections.The eve of the election," warned the newspaper in a report released Sunday.

Last February, TSE President Luiz Fux was in favor of the judges of this Court being able to prevent the registration of candidates under the Clean Record Act (sentenced in the second instance), even without

The objective is not to expand the doubt as to whether (the former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva) will be candidate until the eve of the election, warns the Brazilian newspaper O Globo.

This position of the TSE President unleashed criticism among Lula supporters, among them PT President Gleisi Hoffmann, who on July 9 denounced the decision to keep the former Brazilian leader in prison and considered it an act to prevent his election victory.

This report is made public the same day that the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has recognized the innocence of Lula and has called for the immediate release of the former head of state , arguing "He is suffering political persecution".

Meanwhile, the same Brazilian newspaper reiterated the same Sunday in another note that the Brazilian ex-president (2003-2011) – pressed for more than a hundred days – set up a structure with its allies which includes the use of audio and photographs to maintain the political leadership of his party during the election period.

Since April 7, Lula, 72, has been in prison on allegations of money laundering and bribes in exchange for facilitating contracts with the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht; however, the exmandatario denies the charges against him and accuses his political opponents of being behind the trial to prevent his return to power.

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