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sandensea

(21,677 posts) Wed Jul 12, 2017, 05:39 PM Jul 2017

Lula's conviction to be appealed in Brazil and the United Nations, lawyers say

The law firm in charge of the defense of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that he will appeal the sentence to nine and a half years in prison for corruption in Brazilian courts and the United Nations.

"We are appealing and we will prove his innocence in all the impartial courts, including the United Nations," an aide to the office said in a message to AFP.

Lula was accused of receiving R$2.4 million ($740,000) in illicit benefits from public contractor OAS through improvements on an apartment owned by the former president in Guarujá, on the coast of São Paulo State.

If he is convicted on appeal, he may be arrested and made ineligible to run again for the presidency in 2018.

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Former Brazilian President Luiz "Lula" da Silva

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Lula's conviction to be appealed in Brazil and the United Nations, lawyers say (Original Post) sandensea Jul 2017 OP

So good to hear he's not going to let them knock him out of the running. They've tried so hard. Judi Lynn Jul 2017 #1

Judi Lynn

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1. So good to hear he's not going to let them knock him out of the running. They've tried so hard.

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Wed Jul 12, 2017, 05:54 PM

Jul 2017

You can tell this is their last ditch effort, so close to the election.

They would all rather drink hemlock than to let Lula become the President again, as he has remained so well loved even after leaving the Presidency, and he works for the PEOPLE of the country, not their would-be owners.

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