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Weekly Report - 03 August 2017 (WR-17-30)

BRAZIL: Temer dodges the bullet

President Michel Temer is not going to be dismissed from office on corruption charges – at least not this time. In another high-profile, all-day session on 2 August the federal lower chamber of deputies voted 263 to 227 to block a motion to lift Temer’s immunity from prosecution on charges of “passive corruption” brought by prosecutor general Rodrigo Janot. To succeed, those seeking to oust the President needed 342 votes – a two-thirds majority of the lower chamber. They fell short. But while Temer survives to fight another day it would seem his problems are far from over.

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