Vote on Brazil President Graft Trial Key Gauge for Reforms
- Lower house to vote on whether to put president on trial
- Michel Temer hospitalized during tense day in Brasilia
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Brazil’s lower house will decide whether to put President Michel Temer on trial on Wednesday in a vote that will show how much power he has left to drive an economic recovery in his last fourteen months in office.
For the second time since the beginning of August the Chamber of Deputies is to determine whether to send charges filed against the president to the Supreme Court, a move that would suspend Temer from office and could lead to his permanent removal. This time, he stands accused of obstruction of justice and criminal conspiracy. Two of his cabinet ministers face similar charges.