Brazil's Senate president ousted over embezzlement charges
Dec 6, 2016 13:34:39 GMT
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Post by benson on Dec 6, 2016 13:34:39 GMT
Brazil’s supreme court on Monday removed Renan Calheiros as president of the Senate after he was indicted last week on charges of embezzlement, a court spokesman said.
The removal of Calheiros was a new blow for Brazil’s president, Michel Temer, whose government has been weakened by corruption scandals as it strives to push through unpopular austerity measures.
His replacement by Senator Jorge Vianna of the leftist Workers party, who is opposed to spending cuts, could challenge efforts to control a widening budget deficit in Latin America’s largest economy, which is mired in a two-year recession.
Justice Marco Aurelio de Mello imposed an injunction against Calheiros based on a majority ruling by the high court last month that any person indicted for a crime could not be in the presidential line of succession.
The head of the Senate is the second in line after the speaker of the lower house, as Brazil does not have a vice-president at the moment.
www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/06/brazil-senate-president-ousted-embezzlement-renan-calheiros
You know it must be real bad when the government is embezzling so much money they have to do 'austerity', why not stop stealing money?
The removal of Calheiros was a new blow for Brazil’s president, Michel Temer, whose government has been weakened by corruption scandals as it strives to push through unpopular austerity measures.
His replacement by Senator Jorge Vianna of the leftist Workers party, who is opposed to spending cuts, could challenge efforts to control a widening budget deficit in Latin America’s largest economy, which is mired in a two-year recession.
Justice Marco Aurelio de Mello imposed an injunction against Calheiros based on a majority ruling by the high court last month that any person indicted for a crime could not be in the presidential line of succession.
The head of the Senate is the second in line after the speaker of the lower house, as Brazil does not have a vice-president at the moment.
www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/06/brazil-senate-president-ousted-embezzlement-renan-calheiros
You know it must be real bad when the government is embezzling so much money they have to do 'austerity', why not stop stealing money?
