Thousands rally in Brazilian city to urge arrest of ex-president Lula
Crowds flooded the center of Sao Paulo on Tuesday, April 3, to demand the imprisonment of former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the eve of a vital court date.
Thousands gathered at Paulista Avenue on the eve of a decision on Lula's 12-year jail term for corruption and money laundering.
After the appeal in the lower court failed, Lula hopes to be granted habeas corpus recourse so that he could further appeal the decision in the Supreme Tribunal of Justice. The Supreme Court is due to decide on Wednesday if the defendant will serve a prison sentence directly after the rejection of the first appeal.
Lula was linked to a corruption case known as 'Operation Car Wash.' He was convicted for supposedly receiving bribes. The 72-year-old needs to overturn the ruling before Brazilian presidential candidates are officially announced in August as a conviction would sink his election ambitions.
(Source: Ruptly)
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