Solnik: Lula's voters will be the ones to accept the UN decision.
Journalist Alex Solnik comments on the letter written by renowned international jurists addressed to the Brazilian government and the country's highest legal authorities, warning that the UN opinion reaffirming Lula's political rights must be heeded; "We can't expect any signal from this coup government, but the people are already accepting the UN decision at the polls, just look at the surveys," he points out; watch the full Boa Noite 247 program.
TV 247 - The Boa Noite 247 program this Thursday (23) highlighted, among various topics, the second statement by international jurists, in less than two months, defending Lula's right to be a candidate, and the PT's participation in radio and TV election advertising.
Journalist Alex Solnik details the legal procedures involving the legality of Lula's ticket. "There are sixteen requests to challenge the ticket, starting this Saturday (24) there are seven consecutive days for the TSE to respond to the requests, then there are four days to hear the witnesses, another five days for the collection of evidence, seven days for the final statement of the accusers", he explains.
"After all these procedures, fourteen days will have passed, and only then will Minister Luís Roberto Barroso, Minister of the Supreme Federal Court and Vice-President of the Superior Electoral Court, be able to announce the final decision, that is, by September 17th, the PT will be able to broadcast its propaganda in the media," explains Solnik.
Following Solnik's reasoning, journalist Paulo Moreira Leite believes that the TSE (Superior Electoral Court) is unlikely to issue any opinion on Lula's ticket before September 17th.
Renowned international jurists have written a letter addressed to the Brazilian government and the country's highest legal authorities, warning that the UN opinion upholding Lula's political rights must be respected.
Solnik downplays the situation by saying that it is Lula's voters who will heed the UN's recommendation. "Without leaving his little office at the Federal Police headquarters in Curitiba, Lula is growing daily; we only need to look at the polls," he points out.
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