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The Brazilian ex-president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was acquitted of him in one of several lawsuits. A judge of the capital, Brasília, said Thursday that there was not enough evidence in the case of an alleged judicial disability.
One of the lawsuits filed against former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ended on Thursday with an acquittal of the politician . (Photo: KEYSTONE / AP / ANDRE PENNER)
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The case is not related to the long-term prison sentence that Lula is currently serving for corruption and money laundering
. The court of appeal upheld Lula's conviction of the previous year and even increased the sentence from nine and a half to twelve years and a month.
Lula led Brazil from 2003 to 2010. He is accused of being the biggest Brazilian president during his presidency. The OAS construction company donated a luxury apartment in the coastal town of Guarujá in the state of São Paulo and received a large sum of money in cash. The construction company would have been favored in exchange for contracts with the state-owned oil company Petrobras.
In addition, and in the acquittal proceedings, she will be tried in five other cases against Lula. The 72-year-old man rejects any allegation and is victim of a plot to block his candidacy for a third term.
In Brazil, presidential elections are scheduled for October, during which Lula will compete. Polls see him despite his detention as the most promising candidate in the elections.
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