In the move, the judge grants a December motion from federal prosecutors asking to have all punishing intent barred due to Lula’s age. The onetime leader is 76 years old.
Brazil’s Supreme Court decided yesterday (Mar. 23) to recognize the partiality of former Judge Sergio Moro in the case involving ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Operation Car Wash.
Imprisoned in the city of Curitiba, south Brazil, since April 7, onetime President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sent a letter to the national president of his Workers’ Party (PT), Senator Gleisi Hoffmann, saying he still plans to run for president in the October election.
After having occupied the property for two hours, members of the Homeless Workers’ Movement and the People Without Fear Front left the triplex apartment complex—said to belong to former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva—in coastal Guarujá, São Paulo.
The votes at the Supreme Court session on former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s habeas corpus petition currently stands at 5–1 unfavorable to the granting of Lula’s counsel’s request.
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