A day after an appeal court in Brazil upheld his corruption and money laundry conviction, which will most likely bar him from seeking a third term, former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been put forth by the Workers Party as a candidate for elections coming up in October.
The former leader is the founder of the party and is extremely popular among everyday Brazilians according to opinion polls.
Senator Gleisi Hoffman, leader of the party announced Lula’s candidacy at a rally of union workers. The appeal’s court ruling Wednesday on gives Lula a slim chance of taking the verdict to the Supreme Court and officials of the electoral commission are widely expected to block him from running should he decide to throw his hat into the race.
Neba Benson,
BaretaNews Foreign Correspondent/Analyst
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Why is Lula Popular?
He incredibly removed poverty from millions of Brazilians. In Africa our corrupt leaders kill, maim, destroy their people to the benefits of others such as France.
I prefer a corrupt Lulla, a dictator Kadafi, a strict Paul Kagame to all these dirty politicians like Paul Biya.
Biya and many others Africans leaders are no different for the Africans the European worked with to enslaved, colonized, abuse, terrorize and steal for Africa and Africans.
It is exactly what is happening right now.
What we are facing is not just Biya, but more the evil of the Europeans, Asians, Arabs, …
Remember, Biya always allow them to perform all types of chemical experiments on us. Only crazy Africans of such nature are friends to these people. He give them Guns, media support, all money they want for they are the one printing it.
Among us are a crazy, evil, wicked, group of Africans with no mind, soul or spirit and one must distance one self away form them.