Lula on former judge Moro: “He is an insignificant figure and will be a mediocre presidential candidate”

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the clear favorite for the October presidential elections, said that former judge Sergio Moro is an “insignificant figure” in politics and that he will be a “mediocre” presidential candidate.

“I don’t think Moro has a future in politics. It is an insignificant figure. A god of clay that was built to harm me”, Lula pointed out in an interview with the radio station ‘Radio Super Tupi’.

Sergio Moro, who aspires to be a candidate for the Presidency of Brazil in the elections on October 2, was the judge who in 2017 sentenced and subsequently imprisoned the leader of the Workers’ Party (PT), in the framework of corruption processes later annulled.

In 2019, he assumed the Ministry of Justice of the government of far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, with whom he later fell out, and now he has launched himself into the presidential race with the right-wing Podemos party.

However, all the opinion polls released to date clearly show Lula as the favorite, who would obtain more than 40% of the support, compared to the 20%-25% that Bolsonaro would achieve.

In third place, with around 10% of the preferences, appears Moro, who during his time as a judge of first instance coordinated the cases uncovered by the anti-corruption operation known as Lava Jato.

Lula, who has not yet made his candidacy official, although it is given as a fact, recalled that the Supreme Court determined that Moro did not act “impartially” in one of the trials he faced and for which he spent 580 days in prison between the 2018 and 2019.

“He was a declared biased judge and will be mediocre as a candidate for President of the Republic”, asserted the former head of state (2003-2010) during the interview.

The former union leader also charged against Bolsonaro, whom he said is a president “Congress hostage” Y “a man without feelings” for disdaining the 627,000 deaths caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

“The polls are showing one thing that is absolutely true. The people are tired of Bolsonaro, the people are fed up with Bolsonaro, the people want someone who gives them a little bit of trust and hope”, he pointed Lula.

“The people are wanting to make their dreams come true“, but “this government of Bolsonaro is a nightmare“, full.

The progressive leader insisted that he has not yet decided on his candidacy, although he stressed that the negotiations “They are doing well.”

“I have no interest in being a candidate only for the PT”, but of a “social movement that seeks to improve the life of the Brazilian people”, express.