PES worried about the openness and the fairness of upcoming election in Brazil

PES president Sergei Stanishev said: “The decision to keep Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in jail while he waits for court ruling on his final appeal will defiantly cripple the election campaign of the Brazilian Workers party. Depriving one party form equal conditions to campaign might become a serious precedent for the democratic process in the country.”