BRAZIL LEADER DEFIANT AMID POSSIBLE CHARGES, MOUNTING WOES

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Jun 26, 2:03 PM EDT

BY PETER PRENGAMAN AND MAURICIO SAVARESE
ASSOCIATED PRESS


RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Facing possible corruption charges and tanking popularity, beleaguered Brazilian President Michel Temer on Monday said his government couldn't be toppled and Latin America's largest nation had no "Plan B."

Temer's comments were his first since returning from a trip to Russia and Norway last week that was filled with gaffes and mounting bad news.

"Nothing will destroy us. Not me and not our ministers," Temer said during the ceremonial signing of a bill in the capital of Brasilia.

Temer also said that Congress must continue with his proposed reforms to the labor laws and pension system, deeply unpopular measures aimed at helping Latin America's largest economy recover from a deep recession.

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[dhill926]

1. what goes around comes around...

asshole...

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Big update at same link: Prosecutor makes formal charges of corruption against Temer

"In a scathing 64-page indictment, Brazil's top prosecutor described a scheming, arrogant and corrupt President Michel Temer who lined his pockets with illegal money while showing little regard for the office he represented.

Whether Attorney General Rodrigo Janot's formal accusation late Monday pressures Temer to consider resigning - he has insisted he won't and denied any wrongdoing - could depend on the reaction of lawmakers and the markets in Latin America's largest nation in the days and weeks ahead.
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The case now goes to the lower Chamber of Deputies in Congress, which must decide whether it has merit. If two-thirds of the legislature decides that it does, then the president will be suspended for up to 180 days while a trial is conducted. House Speaker Rodrigo Maia, an ally of Temer, would be president in the interim.

In his decision, Janot said that at some point between March and April of this year Temer took a bribe of around $150,000 offered by Joesly Batista, former chairman of meat-packing giant JBS."

[Blue_Tires]

3. What? No accusations of trumped-up charges or coup conspiracies?

Y'all disappoint me...