Leonardo Boff, one of the exponents of Liberation Theology, announced after his visit to Lula today, a message to journalists in which he admits that he is a strong candidate”, said the former Franciscan friar, who is leading all polls for the next presidential elections. .
“Lula warned that he will only resign from his candidacy on the day that (Sérgio) Moro (the judge who sentenced him) presents a single proof that he is the owner of the apartment; that as long as there is no evidence, he continues to be a candidate, because he wants to govern again to favor the poor”, added Boff, who had to wait several days before being allowed to visit the former head of state.
Sérgio Moro proved that Lula received a three-story apartment on a beach in the State of São Paulo as a bribe for having favored the construction company OAS with contracts with the state oil company Petrobrás.
In addition to his imprisonment to serve a 12-year sentence for corruption and money laundering and the six other criminal cases he faces, Lula’s candidacy is threatened by a law that disqualifies electorally those convicted in the second instance.