Brazilian President Lula was discharged from the hospital after undergoing surgery to stop a brain hemorrhage

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

The 79-year-old president spoke alongside doctors at a news conference on Sunday morning in a show that he was doing well after head surgery.

“Here I am alive, all right, and I have the desire to work. And I’ll tell you something I used to say during the campaign. I’m 79 years old, and I have the energy of 30 and the enthusiasm of 20 to build. If it weren’t for this country,” Lula said.

Lula’s medical team said the surgery went well and that Lula will be able to walk and hold meetings while resting at his home in Sao Paulo until Thursday.

The leader’s doctors said international travel will be out of the question until further notice, but he will be able to travel to the country’s capital, Brasilia, if all goes well with the medical examination.

The President also made his first comments on the arrest on Saturday of General Walter Braga Neto, a former member of President Jair Bolsonaro’s government and his deputy in the 2022 elections, in connection with the investigations. In an alleged coup plot. Lula has largely avoided commenting on the case due to the ongoing investigations.

“It is not possible for us to accept disrespect for democracy and disrespect for the constitution. It is not possible for us to accept that in a generous country like Brazil we have people with high military ranks planning to kill a president and his vice president.” “President and judge-president of the Supreme Electoral Court,” Lula said.

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

Prosecutors have not yet brought formal charges against Braga Neto. The Federal Police said in a statement that his arrest was linked to allegations of obstructing the collection of evidence.