"Lula
is growing in the polls in all scenarios for first and second
electoral rounds and can even win without a runoff," the
petition reads.
"Election
without Lula is fraud" is the manifesto being promoted by
intellectuals and artists like Noam Chomsky and Chico Buarque in
support of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da
Silva's participation in the 2018 presidential elections.
So far,
the petition in Change.org has reached over 92,000 signatures.
"The
attempt to schedule the date of the trial of Lula's appeal for the
24th of January is empty of legality. It is purely an act of
persecution of the most popular Brazilian leader," the
manifesto says in its opening paragraph. Jan. 24 marks one year since
Lula's deceased wife, Marisa Leticia, suffered a stroke that would
eventually lead to her death days later.
In July
2017, Judge Sergio Moro convicted the former president to nine and a
half years in prison for the alleged crime of passive corruption on
bribes paid by the OAS construction company.
If the
conviction is upheld on Jan. 24, Lula will not be able to run in the
2018 presidential elections.
Lula's
popularity has increased by 16 percentage points throughout the year.
As of Dec. 20, the former president's approval rating is at 45
percent, more than double of his two closest political rivals.
According to the latest IPSOS poll, Geraldo Alckmin has an approval
rating of 13 percent while Jair Bolsonaro, who trails behind Lula, is
at 15 percent.
Poll
numbers indicate that if Lula runs, he is most likely to win the 2018
elections.
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