A
Datafolha survey shows that former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio
"Lula" da Silva leads the country's presidential poll at 34
percent.
Even
after three judges from Brazil's Fourth Regional Federal Court,
TRF-4, unanimously upheld his 2017 corruption conviction — a case
many observers deem lawfare at its finest — former Brazilian
President Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva continues to top this
year's presidential poll.
The
survey, which was undertaken by Datafolha and published in the Folha
de Sao Paulo newspaper, revealed that if Lula is allowed to run, he
would receive 34 percent of the first-round vote. His closest
opponent is right-wing presidential hopeful Jair Bolsonaro, who would
receive 16 percent of votes. Coming in at third place is the
environmentalist and two-time presidential candidate, Marina Silva,
registering eight percent of votes.
While
some contend that the judicial decision essentially knocks Lula out
of October's election, the Workers' Party has vowed to “confirm
Lula's (presidential) candidacy during our party convention and
register him on Aug. 15, rigorously adhering to the electoral
legislation.”
Brazil's
Supreme Court rejected a habeas corpus request submitted by Lula's
legal defense team to prevent the possible detainment of their client
as ordered by TRF-4, according to Terra. The lawyers claimed that
complying with the order is unconstitutional.
The
survey went on to show that if Lula is barred from running, Bolsonaro
would take the lead and move on to the second round of voting,
according to Reuters. However, the right-wing candidate would lose
badly in a runoff with Silva.
Datafolha
compiled its data by interviewing 2,826 people across Brazil between
Jan. 29-30, only days after appellate court judges ruled to uphold
Lula's sentence on claims that he and his late wife, Marisa Leticia,
illicitly received a beachfront apartment, renovations, as well as
furniture from the OAS Group construction company.
Also, a
recent poll conducted by the Instituto Quaest revealed that 54.7
percent of 300,000 Brazilian internet users reveals believe that the
TRF-4 ruling against Lula was made in error. The survey was conducted
from Jan. 24-25.
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