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Brazil media blast 'legal anarchy' after foiled Lula release
Date created : 20/12/2018 - 16:54
Rio de Janeiro (AFP)
Brazil's media scathingly criticized "legal anarchy" in their country Thursday, a day after one judge's order that could have freed imprisoned ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was shot down by another judge.
Lula, a leftist former leader who ruled 2003 to 2010 but who is now behind bars for graft, saw his hopes raised then dashed in the space of a few hours on Wednesday.
A supreme court judge, Marco Aurelio Mello, had issued an order that could have seen all prisoners in Lula's situation -- nonviolent ones who have lost an initial appeal but continued to challenge their convictions -- provisionally released.
But as Lula's lawyers scrambled to have the unexpected decision applied, the supreme court's chief justice, Jose Antonio Dias Toffoli, stepped in to suspend Mello's order.
More:
https://www.france24.com/en/20181220-brazil-media-blast-legal-anarchy-after-foiled-lula-release