> for anyone to mention current president Lula in the presidential debate
This is blatantly false. They ruled that the other candidates could not _direct questions at Lula_. Not that he couldn't be mentioned. Those are very different things.
> Aranha ruled that the broadcaster’s rules could create an imbalance in the debate by providing “an independent space for references to an absent candidate without observing the dialectical dynamic that characterizes the institution of an electoral debate.”
In other words, according to this judge, Lula can only be referenced if the "dialectical dynamic that characterizes the institution of an electoral debate" is preserved. In other words, "if he's physically there to respond".
This is blatantly false. They ruled that the other candidates could not _direct questions at Lula_. Not that he couldn't be mentioned. Those are very different things.