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| Brazil's Lula 'will not turn himself in to police' | Brazil's Lula 'will not turn himself in to police' |
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| Brazilian ex-President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva will not turn himself in to police, despite being ordered to do so by a judge, reports say. | |
| Lula was expected to go to a federal police HQ by late afternoon after the Supreme Court ruled he should not stay free while appealing against his corruption conviction. | |
| Lula says the charges are politically motivated and designed to prevent him from running for president in October. | |
| He had been favourite to win the poll. | He had been favourite to win the poll. |
| In his order, federal judge Sergio Moro said the 72-year-old must present himself before 17:00 local time (20:00 GMT) on Friday at the federal police headquarters in the southern city of Curitiba. | |
| He has been sentenced to 12 years in jail but the appeals process could take several more months or even years. | |
| Several hundred of Lula's supporters have been rallying outside the metalworkers' union near São Paulo, where he is staying. | Several hundred of Lula's supporters have been rallying outside the metalworkers' union near São Paulo, where he is staying. |
| The Folha de São Paulo quoted Lula as saying in a brief phone conversation with the paper that he intended to remain at the metalworkers' union throughout the day. | The Folha de São Paulo quoted Lula as saying in a brief phone conversation with the paper that he intended to remain at the metalworkers' union throughout the day. |
| The charges against him came from an anti-corruption investigation known as Operation Car Wash, which has implicated top politicians from several parties. | |
| Lula served as president between 2003 and 2011. Despite a lead in opinion polls ahead of October's election, he remains a divisive figure. |