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Photo of April 2, 2018 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during an act of defense of democracy in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). The Supreme Court of Brazil rejected today, Wednesday, April 4, 2018, a habeas corpus judged by the defense of the former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and thus opened the doors of the prison to the leader most People's Republic, sentenced to 12 years in prison. prison for corruption.
EFE / Antonio Lacerda / ARCHIVE
Sao Paulo, July 8 – A judge of a Brazilian court today ordered the release of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, imprisoned since April 7 pbadive corruption official sources confirmed today.
Judge Rogerio Favreto of the Fourth Regional Regional Court (TRF-4), based in Porto Alegre, granted a "habeas corpus" requested by Workers' Party (PT) deputies arguing lack of legal basis for their incarceration.
The magistrate ordered the suspension of the provisional execution of the sentence and the liberation of Lula in a regime of "emergency", so that l & # Exmandatario could be released that same Sunday .
In his ruling, the judge also argued that the former president's prison prevents him from exercising his rights as a pre-candidate. to the President of the Republic even if he is practically disqualified after the conviction in the second instance.
Lula has been detained since April at the headquarters of the federal police in Curitiba, after having been convicted in the second instance at 12 years and one month in prison.
The exmandatario was sentenced in July last year by the trial judge Sergio Moro in charge of investigating the Petrobras case in first instance, 9 years and 6 months in prison for crimes of pbadive bribery and money laundering
Moro took for granted that the former president enjoyed an apartment on the beach in exchange for the favor of the construction company OAS in the award of public contracts by the state oil company Petrobras.
The sentence was increased to 12 years and 1 month by an appellate court. EFE
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