When Lula left office in 2010, he had a sky high 80% approval rating. The government of his successor Dilma Rousseff was tainted by a recession and a vast corruption scandal. Lula himself was convicted of accepting bribes in the form of a flat and renovations of a country house. His convictions were ultimately annulled and a technicality. But as the leader of the Workers Party, you know, Brazilians do still see him as being involved in that corruption.