However, on the afternoon of Saturday 7 April, he decided to submit and start serving his prison sentence. He defied the court order to hand himself into the police by 5pm on Friday 6 April, which was greeted with cheers by his supporters who surrounded the union headquarters. In relation to the condemned, ex-presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, I concede to him, out of respect for the dignity of the position that he occupied, the opportunity to present himself voluntarily to the federal police in Curitiba by 17.00 hours.īecause of the dignity of his position, there has been prepared previously a special room, a kind of staff room, in the federal police station, for the beginning of serving of his term, in which the ex-president will stay separated from other prisoners, without any risk to his moral or physical integrity.Īfter hearing the Supreme Court’s verdict, Lula went to the headquarters of the union of metalworkers, which was where he launched his political career over two decades ago, while his lawyers tried to get the court to halt the prison order. This decision was followed by judge Moro issuing an arrest warrant for Lula. Six of 11 judges in the Supreme Court ruled against Lula’s request. Lula’s lawyers decided to request habeas corpus from the Supreme Court, which, if approved, would allow him to remain out of prison while he undertook further appeals about his corruption conviction. “The greater the power conferred on a person, the greater that person’s responsibility to society.”
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