Counter rulings on Lula's release from jail spark protests in Brazil
Tehran (KNA) - The chief justice of a Brazilian appeals court has overruled a verdict by a fellow judge that urged the release of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Lula, who has been seeking to run for president again in October's elections, was the 35th president of Brazil from 2003 to 2011. He has been serving a 12-year prison sentence since April after being found guilty of corruption.
Appeals court judge Rogerio Favreto ruled in the southern city of Porto Alegre on Sunday that Lula should be freed, citing a lack of legal grounds to keep him in jail.
The verdict also said Lula must have the same conditions to campaign as other candidates in the upcoming elections.The court's chief justice, Carlos Eduardo Thompson Flores, however, overturned the order hours later.
Source: PressTV