Lula's Workers Party called corruption conviction "unjust"

Record ID: 899404

  • Title: Lula's Workers Party called corruption conviction "unjust"
  • Date: 12th July 2017
  • Summary: SAO PAULO, BRAZIL (JULY 12, 2017) (REUTERS) CARDBOARD CUTOUT OF LULA BY HANGMAN'S NOOSE DURING PROTEST AND BRAZILIAN FLAG ABOVE CUTOUT LONE PROTESTER OUTSIDE LULA INSTITUTE GRAFFITI ON WALL OUTSIDE THE LULA INSTITUTE THE READS "THE FIGHT OF THE PEOPLE" MEDIA GATHERED OUTSIDE INSTITUTE WORKERS PARTY VICE PRESIDENT MARCIO MACEDO, SPEAKING TO MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) WORKERS PARTY VICE PRESIDENT MARCIO MACEDO, SAYING: "The president (Lula) with the serenity of an innocent person but with the indignation given the injustice. Now, the legal team is going to work on the appeal." GENERAL VIEW OF MEDIA GATHERED OUTSIDE LULA INSTITUTE
  • Embargoed: 26th July 2017 21:41
  • Keywords: Brazil Workers Party former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva corruption conviction sentence
  • Location: SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
  • City: SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016PEYXJB
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The Workers Party of Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called corruption charges against the former president as unjust, after he was sentences to nearly ten years on Wednesday (July 12).
    Lula was Brazil's first working-class president and remains a popular figure among voters after he left office six years ago with an 83-percent approval rating. The former union leader won global admiration for transformative social policies that helped reduce stinging inequality in Latin America's biggest country.
    The ruling marked a stunning fall for Lula, who will remain free on appeal, and a serious blow to his chances of a political comeback. Judge Sergio Moro found Lula guilty of accepting 3.7 million reais ($1.2 million) worth of bribes from engineering firm OAS SA, the amount prosecutors said the company spent refurbishing a beach apartment for Lula in return for his help winning contracts with state oil company Petroleo Brasileiro.
    The verdict represented the highest-profile conviction yet in the sweeping corruption investigation that for over three years has rattled Brazil, revealing a sprawling system of graft at top levels of business and government and throwing the country's political system into disarray.
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