The war he s doing he s very quiet he doesn t give interviews. in july twenty seven teen former president lula da silva was found guilty of corruption. a court of appeals upheld the conviction and increased his sentence from nine to twelve years. lula remains free for now pending a possible appeal to brazil s highest court and to the outside chance that his verdict will be overturned. theobald it s a sign that there is justice in brazil and that no one not even an ex-president is above the law anyways those are. the conviction notwithstanding lula remains the country s most popular politician under his tenure from tooth. thousand and three to two thousand and twelve brazil enjoyed years in which the price of
A shot to investigators have also kept her predecessor former president lula da silva in their sights they regard him as the godfather of a wide ranging network of illegality designed to maintain hold on power charges that lula denies. not have that bookie step would be that i ve that the real aim of this witch hunt is to prevent me from being reelected as president in two thousand and eighteen that they are trying to set up every possible and impossible legal barrier to prevent lula from standing as candidate in two thousand and eighteen stock was voted to pull lula no fiqh and he ducked into. a former union activist and founder of the workers party lula believes he s the victim of a conservative conspiracy he says operation carwash is politically motivated and compares its investigators to religious. that piece that caught their finger misty what we are experiencing here is the author a tarion claim to power of
Former president luis inacio lula da silva who was found guilty of corruption by two courts has a commanding lead in the polls he seems to be rolling the dice either prison or the presidency a supreme court decision will determine whether his sentence stands or whether he can continue his candidacy feel better think again if i stand in two thousand and eighteen i will win and prove that it is possible to liberate brazil from this situation for a bucket believe there is only one way to achieve this through. high incomes for the poor and more jobs. he s been able to face. carlos chahta the man who set the lava shot the scandal in motion does not believe that brazil s culture of corruption can be ended so easily before he was arrested and jailed had run his gas station as a money laundering operation that s all in the past he promises the days of such
A small group of public prosecutors and one judge these young people often not sick in their belief that the responsibility for saving the world rests on their shoulders they understand nothing is going to city police. has effectively joined ranks with the campaign being what they claim is politically motivated and exceeding his judicial authority. most of lula supporters agree with the former president s. transparency international disagree just out of which isn t true i think judge moore is a brave judge i think he s doing the right thing is leading his work according to the law and he s going to be criticised by doughs that are being investigated and and prosecuted of course but if you take his decisions most of his decisions are being confirmed by the upper appeal courts. e.c.
A national hero industrialists and politicians from nearly every political party were indicted they included socialist betty no cox and christian democrat gilleo under the law to both of them former prime ministers in the end the italian political system collapsed paving the way for outsiders silvio berlusconi. brazil s judges and public prosecutors are also taking on the rich and powerful they re investigating former presidents luis industrial lula da silva and dilma rousseff both from the leftist workers party during their years in power corruption flourished in two thousand and sixteen dilma rousseff was accused of breaking budgetary laws she was impeached after brazil s senate voted in favor of removing her from office in september two thousand and seventeen corruption charges were filed against rousseff here love