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Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva admitted that during his terms there were cases of corruption in the state oil company Petrobras, however, he defended his management by speaking of the investigations carried out and promised to combat any diversion if he returns to power in October.
The declarations of Lula da Silva, who is campaigning for the presidential elections, were given during an interview in the most watched news in Brazil, the Jornal Nacional of Grupo Globo. “It cannot be said that there was no corruption if people confessed” to the crimes, the former president assured.
Although he expected questions about corruption, Lula, the favorite in the polls to win the presidential election in October, began the interview visibly agitated, reading notes to support his response on corruption.
“I am having the first opportunity to speak openly with the people live (…) corruption only appears when you allow it to be investigated,” said the former leftist president (2003-2010).
The Lava Jato operation “exceeded the limit of the investigation”
Immediately afterwards, he harshly criticized the Lava Jato anti-corruption operation, launched in 2016 to investigate deviations in Petrobras contracts, since in his words “exceeded the limit of the investigation and entered the limit of politics” to condemn him.
Lula was imprisoned between April 2018 and November 2019 after being convicted of corruption. He recovered his political rights in 2021, when the highest court annulled his convictions on the grounds that the court that had tried him in the first instance was incompetent.
At 76 years old, he leads the electoral race with 47% of the intention to vote against 32% for Bolsonaro, 67, according to a survey by the Datafolha Institute published last Thursday.
During the interview, the leftist sharply criticized Bolsonaro, calling him a “court jester” for his reliance on a handful of parties to govern.
Lula stressed that polarization is “healthy” and “different from the encouragement of hatred,” while calling for “pacification” of the country after Bolsonaro’s first term, marked by strong tensions between supporters and opponents of the far-right.
The former president took advantage of the occasion to cite the creation of several mechanisms for access to information and investigation bodies during his government as signs of his supposed commitment against corruption.
with AFP
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