translated from Spanish: Lula passed his first birthday in jail and asks as a gift votes for Haddad

the former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the most charismatic leader in the hi history of Brazil, today celebrated its first birthday in jail, where he is being held since April, and as gift asked votes for the workers party (PT) in Sunday’s presidential election.
In a handwritten letter that sent Friday through his lawyers as in a video posted Saturday on the website of the workers party, Lula, who is 73 years old, asked votes for Fernando Haddad, who succeeded him in the presidential dispute After having been disabled.
“Beloved Brazilian town: 6 October is my official birthday.” I hope to win gift October 7 vote of the Brazilian people in Haddad for President. The Uribe Haddad is Lula,”said in the letter.
The former trade union leader and leader of the PT was born on October 27, 1945 in the city of Garanhus but in its register of birth, that was done several months later by his father, it was mistakenly as the date of birth listed on 6 October , Lula finds this day as his official birthday.
This is therefore the first time that passed such a date in jail, since it is being held in a cell at the Federal Police of the southern city of Curitiba since April 7 to purge a sentence of 12 years in prison for corruption.
Justice gave for proved that the former head of State received a beach apartment as bribery for facilitating huge deviations in the State oil company Petrobras, but PT says that the sentence was a political persecution to prevent the return of Lula to the Presidency.
The imprisonment and the confirmation of the sentence in second instance made with that Electoral Justice vetoed last month his registration as a presidential candidate even though he was the leader of the surveys, with up to 40% of the favoritism.
Lula, then he personally chose as his successor in the dispute Al Haddad, former Mayor of São Paulo and who was the Minister of education.
The candidate of the PT is the second in the polls, with 22 percent of support, behind Deputy Jair Bolsonaro, a favorite with 35% of voting despite being a controversial far-right leader who defends the dictatorship that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985 and has s been questioned by his macho dye statements, racist, homophobic and xenophobic.
According to polls, in the middle of a clear polarization in Brazil, the ultra-right and the Socialist will be the top two Sunday, but, as none will get more than half of the votes, will have to be measured in a run-off on October 28 in which Bolsonaro appears with a slight advantage (44% versus 43%) even though technically tied with Haddad in voting intention.
Lula came out in support of her political Godson a day before the elections with another video also posted on the portal of the PT.
“I want to speak with your heart and soul to defend the legacy of the party which did most social policy in this country. Both of you never needed this country. Time to lift up their heads because there may be the same but in this country there is no one better than us”, he said in his message.
On the occasion of the birthday of Lula, the President of the PT, Senator Gleisi Hoffmann, disclosed a congratulation letter that attributed the condemnation of a “liar, arbitrary and unjust” process to prevent the desire of the majority of the population to choose Lula again as President.
Also considered as persecution recent decisions of the Court that prevented former President give interviews before the election and forbade him to vote in prison.
“Our birthday gift will be placed Haddad in the second round as his representative”, concluded the President of the PT.

Original source in Spanish