Graft charge against Brazil's president filed in Congress
29 June 2017 - 16H00
BRASÍLIA (AFP) -
Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday sent a corruption charge against President Michel Temer to Congress, which is due to decide on whether the president should be put on trial.
"The House of Deputies received the bribery charge against the president of the republic, Michel Temer, this morning," the lower chamber said in a statement.
A lower house committee will take up the case, hearing arguments by Temer's defense before voting a recommendation on how to proceed.
The full chamber will then vote on whether to accept the charge. A two thirds majority would be needed to trigger the suspension of Temer for six months and the start of a trial in the Supreme Court.
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