Post by ck4829 on Aug 31, 2016 10:28:39 GMT
Impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff have put a spotlight on corruption in the ranks of Brazil’s lawmakers. Watchdog groups say about 60 percent of the 594 legislators in both chambers of Congress are being investigated for wrongdoing or are facing corruption charges, including the three men in line to replace Rousseff if she is removed from office.
FIRST IN LINE: Vice President Michel Temer.
Temer is banned from running for office the next eight years because Sao Paulo’s electoral court found him guilty of violating campaign spending laws in 2014.
SECOND IN LINE: Speaker of the lower house of Congress, Rodrigo Maia
A key aide to a governor convicted of taking part in a corruption scheme involving overpriced contracts to many companies said Maia received illegal campaign donations.
THIRD IN LINE: Senate President Renan Calheiros.
Calheiros would be acting president if Temer and Maia travel outside Brazil. The country’s Supreme Federal Tribunal currently has several open investigations against Calheiros in the Petrobras probe. He denies wrongdoing.
wtop.com/latin-america/2016/08/3-men-in-line-for-brazilian-presidency-accused-of-corruption-2/
FIRST IN LINE: Vice President Michel Temer.
Temer is banned from running for office the next eight years because Sao Paulo’s electoral court found him guilty of violating campaign spending laws in 2014.
SECOND IN LINE: Speaker of the lower house of Congress, Rodrigo Maia
A key aide to a governor convicted of taking part in a corruption scheme involving overpriced contracts to many companies said Maia received illegal campaign donations.
THIRD IN LINE: Senate President Renan Calheiros.
Calheiros would be acting president if Temer and Maia travel outside Brazil. The country’s Supreme Federal Tribunal currently has several open investigations against Calheiros in the Petrobras probe. He denies wrongdoing.
wtop.com/latin-america/2016/08/3-men-in-line-for-brazilian-presidency-accused-of-corruption-2/