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Lula (left-wing politician) was Brazil's president for two terms (2003 through 2010) and was followed by Dilma Roussef trailing off of his extremely high popula
by gota 7y ago
Lula (left-wing politician) was Brazil's president for two terms (2003 through 2010) and was followed by Dilma Roussef trailing off of his extremely high popularity. Dilma was impeached in 2016, midway through her second term, following the political scandals brought to light by operation 'Carwash' (Lava Jato), which comprises until now over a thousand warrants for search, arrests, and so forth. Her impeachment was highly debated and to this day Lula's party (PT, "worker's party") claims it was a "bland coup".
Judge Sergio Moro, who judged most of the cases involving high corruption, achieved very high popularity and opinions about him divided the country. Through several extremely controversial actions he influenced Dilma's impeachment, and later the 2018 election. Since then Moro is accused of being a partial, politically inclined judge, persecuting unfairly several high-ranking members of PT. He has always denied that.
Regardless, the public opinion has kept Operation Carwash in very high regards with a sizeable portion of the population and is credited with helping elect Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's current president, by fostering the 'anti-PT' movement. Lula was sent to jail in a _extremely_ controversial ruling by Moro and several other legal manouvers (leaks, stopping him from giving interviews, which is unconstitucional, for example). NEvertheless, none of the decisions have been overturned and Brazil's Supreme Court generally allowed all these controversial actions.
Surprisingly, Lula's popularity didn't completly waver and his appointed candidate (Haddad) made it to the second round of the election, although he lost to Jair Bolsonaro.
Accusations against Moro mounted after he accepted an invitation to become Bolsonaro's minister of Justice, benefitting from the election of the man he helped elect, and after Bolsonaro stated he would indicate him to the next Supreme Court seat.