Brazil’s full Supreme Court upheld a ruling Thursday annulling former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s corruption convictions, clearing the way for him to run for a new presidential term next year. But it essentially puts prosecutors back to square one by sending the cases to another court. Bolsonaro said the ruling means “Lula is now a candidate” for 2022 — and ominously warned of the consequences. “You can all draw your own conclusions.”Polls put Lula neck-and-neck with 66-year-old Bolsonaro, and in some cases ahead. He ordered the four cases — two convictions and two pending judgments — transferred to another court.

Source: The Guardian April 16, 2021 03:56 UTC