Brazil’s Lula says 27-year sentence for Bolsonaro 'lesson in democracy': Video
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has hailed the 27-year prison sentence handed to former president Jair Bolsonaro for attempting a coup as a landmark moment for the country’s democratic system.
Speaking at a ceremony at the Palácio do Planalto in Brasília on Wednesday, November 26, Lula described the ruling as “the first time in the country’s history” that a former president has been jailed for trying to overturn an election result.
“Yesterday, this country gave the world a lesson in democracy,” he said, praising Brazil’s judiciary for demonstrating its “strength” without “any fanfare.”
Lula also claimed Brazil faced significant commercial pressure from the United States during the proceedings but “did not allow itself to be intimidated by external threats,” insisting that the trial was conducted “impeccably.”
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