Brazil’s Temer Sees Disapproval Surge as Economic Woes Mount
- Datafolha poll shows 51% disapprove of Temer’s government
- About 63% of respondents want Temer to resign this year
TOPSHOT - Protesters hold a banner against the constitutional amendment (PEC) 55, previously called 241, which limits budget increases to the rate of inflation for the next 20 years, during the nation-wide demonstration againt Temer's government in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 11, 2016. / AFP / YASUYOSHI CHIBA (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)
Photographer: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty ImagesBrazilian President Michel Temer’s disapproval rating surged in an opinion poll as the nation’s economy remains mired in its worst recession on record.
About 51 percent of respondents rated Temer’s government as bad or terrible, up from 31 percent in July, according to a Datafolha poll published in Folha de S. Paulo newspaper Sunday. Forty percent of those surveyed said Temer’s government was worse than ex-President Dilma Rousseff’s administration, and 63 percent wanted him to resign to allow for new elections.