I am demanding respect. During my whole life, and I am 72, I believed and preached that sooner or later justice would always prevail for people who are victims of irresponsibility of false accusations. I am beginning to have dramatic and cruel doubts over continuing to believe that justice can be served and refusing to participate in a farce. O Globo newspaper published a lie that attributed the ownership of an apartment in Guaruja to me. The Federal Police reproduced this lie and started an investigation. The Public Prosecutors, receiving this same lie, made an accusation and, finally, always on the basis of this lie which was never proven, Judge Moro condemned me. The 4th Regional Federal Court, following the same script that began with a lie, confirmed the conviction. All of this leads me to think that there is no reason to believe that there will be justice. These are people who would be capable of accusing their own mothers to obtain benefits.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, former President of Brazil, sentenced to over 12 years in prison for alleged corruption
