The criminal trial and conviction of (mostly former) national leaders has happened in stable, mature democracies, just as it has in former dictatorships.
The track record of convicted leaders shows just how risky it is to try to predict what will happen.
In 2017, South Korea impeached and later criminally convicted now-former President Park Geun-hye in a bizarre corruption scandal involving the influence of a friend and confidante.
After a scandal emerged involving the state oil company Petrobras, Lula was convicted in 2017 of corruption and money laundering.
“Political leaders can choose how they will speak about these institutions.”
Persons:
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