In this article, it talks about how on April 7th, 2018 Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva, Brazil's former president, turned himself in to federal police at the headquarters of the metalworkers' union located in Sao Bernardo Do Campo, a suburb of Sao Paulo. In 2017, judge Sergio Moro found Lula guilty of accepting a beach-front apartment from OAS, a construction company, in return for securing government contracts. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison for money laundering and corruption. The arrest of Lula now plays a big role in the upcoming elections in October. Now, because Lula "divides public opinion like no other Brazilian politician" it makes the upcoming election a lot less predictable. Lula's workers' party may now replace him with a new candidate, an ex-mayor of Sao Paulo, Fernando Haddad, or Jaques Wagner, a former governor of the state of Bahia, both of whom have no more than 3% of voter's support.
https://www.economist.com/news/americas/21740253-even-behind-bars-former-president-will-remain-force-be-reckoned-lula-goes-jail
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