Brazilian President Lula has been released from hospital after undergoing surgery to stop a brain haemorrhage

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was released from hospital on Sunday after undergoing surgery to stop a brain haemorrhage.

The 79-year-old president showed that he is in good condition after the head surgery, along with the doctors, at his press conference on Sunday morning.

“I’m alive here, well, with the passion to work. And I’ll tell you something I said during the campaign. I’m 79 years old, I’m 30 years old, I’m 20 years old and I have the passion to build this country,” said Lula.

Lula’s medical team said the operation went well and Lula was resting at his home in Sao Paulo until Thursday, where he was able to walk and attend meetings.

The leader’s doctors said international travel was out of the question until further notice, but he could travel to the country’s capital, Brazil, if he passes a medical.

The president also gave his first comments on Saturday about the arrest of Gen. Walter Braga Netto, a former member of President Jair Bolsonaro’s government and his 2022 candidate, in connection with the investigations. regarding the coup attempt. Lula has declined to comment on the case due to ongoing investigations.

“It is impossible to accept disrespect for our democracy, disrespect for the constitution. In a generous country like Brazil, it is impossible to accept that people of high military rank plan the death of a president, his vice president. He is the president and the chairman of the Supreme Electoral Court,” said Lula.

Braga Netto was indicted in November along with Bolsonaro and 35 others on charges of plotting a coup to keep Bolsonaro in office after his failed re-election bid in 2022.

Prosecutors have yet to file formal charges against Braga Netto. The Federal Police said in a statement that his arrest was related to allegations of obstructing the collection of evidence.