Lula from Brazilian election race

curitiba - Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gets out of the race for the presidency, reported sources around the candidate. For the elections of next month, his running-mate Fernando Hadad is now the most important candidate of the socialist PT.

On Monday, his lawyer said that Lula, who is serving 12 years in prison for corruption, will continue to try to be elected president. The socialist leader will continue to fight against his conviction until all his appeals for the Supreme Court are exhausted.

The ultra-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro, who was stabbed by God for a forty-year-old man last week, will not be able to campaign until the polling stations open on 7 October. The management of the hospital in São Paulo where he is, said Monday that the situation of Bolsonaro is still worrisome. He has to undergo a heavy operation again.

Thirteen candidates will participate in the elections.