Pressure Mounting on Brazil's Temer as Support Crumbles
- Bar Association Says Temer omissive by not reporting crimes
- Key coalition partner PSB party abandons Temer government
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Brazil’s unpopular President Michel Temer has held on to office for over a year after the impeachment of his predecessor, backed mostly by Congress and financial markets. Under the weight of new corruption allegations against him, that support is crumbling.
Temer’s attempts to discredit charges brought against him last week in a corruption probe failed to convince many over the weekend. A key coalition partner, the PSB party, abandoned Temer and joined opposition parties in calling for his resignation. The influential bar association, OAB by its Portuguese acronym, voted in favor of starting an impeachment process against Temer.