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Lula Supporters Demand His Freedom, Candidacy in Brazil
Thousands march on Brasilia to demand that the jailed leader be allowed to be a candidate in this year's presidential elections.
By Lise Alves - August 15, 2018
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On the last day for Brazil’s political parties to legally register their candidates for this year’s Presidential elections, to be held in October, thousands of supporters of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are gathered in Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, to demand that the former leader be set free from jail and allowed to run in this year’s election.
“We will see and even meet fighting comrades, who marched an average of 50km to free Lula and (protest) against the setbacks of agrarian reform and workers’ rights. We are absolutely sure that the return of democracy happens with people in the street,” stated Rosa Maria, one of the leaders of the national Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST) to Forum Magazine, local voice of social movements in Brazil.
According to the entity, there are five thousand members in Brasilia, camping out until Thursday (August 16th) in the Mane Garrincha soccer stadium.
Since the beginning of the week, thousands of people have entered the country’s capital, blocking streets and major highways as they march and leading city residents to face dozens of kilometers of traffic jams.
More:
https://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics/lula-supporters-demand-his-freedom-candidacy-in-brazil/
