Lula: Tension over release stems from knowing they imprisoned me with lies.
In a new message posted on his Twitter account, former President Lula comments on the events of last Sunday, the 8th, when the decision regarding his release was overturned; "Their tension with the possibility of my release is because they know they imprisoned me with lies. They are nervous because of their guilty conscience, because of the schemes they produced"; Lula also speaks about "the fear that the powerful feel" in having to "hear the opinion of Brazilians in free elections."
247 - Former President Lula, a political prisoner for more than three months, sent a new message via his Twitter account on the morning of Friday the 13th, commenting on the events of last Sunday the 8th, when the decision regarding his release was overturned.
"Their tension at the possibility of my release stems from knowing they imprisoned me with lies. They are nervous because of their guilty conscience, because of the schemes they orchestrated," Lula states.
"I don't feel hatred, but pity for the situation these people have put Brazil in, selling off our riches, and indignation at the suffering the Brazilian people are going through, with increasing difficulty finding employment and paying their bills," the former president added.
"The fear that the powerful feel is not of me, Lula, but of having to listen to the opinion of Brazilians in free elections. It is the Brazilian people who need to recover their democratic freedom!", he concludes.
This Thursday, Lula received a visit from two former ministers.Lula spoke to Celso Amorim and Franklin Martins, and through them he emphasized that "they don't just want to imprison me, they want to silence me," regarding Judge Carolina Lebbos' decision to prohibit him from giving interviews from inside prison. Lula also said that he will not trade his dignity for freedom.