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Brazilian police arrest close ally of president as corruption crisis worsens
Source: The Guardian
Brazilian police arrest close ally of president as corruption crisis worsens
Geddel Vieira Lima, ‘one of the principle articulators of the Michel Temer government’, detained a week after embattled president was charged
Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Monday 3 July 2017 23.08 BST
Brazilian police have arrested a close ally of the country’s embattled president Michel Temer, just as he seemed to be marshalling forces to fight a corruption crisis that has shaken his administration to its foundations.
Geddel Vieira Lima, a former cabinet minister who resigned in November, was detained in the north-eastern state of Bahia in a police operation investigating irregularities at a government-controlled bank.
The arrest came a week after Brazil’s prosecutor-general charged Temer and an aide and former lawmaker with corruption. The president has angrily denied the accusations, and vowed to continue an unpopular programme of austerity measures.
“It is a scenario that worsens Temer’s situation because Geddel Vieira Lima was one of the principle articulators of the Temer government,” said Maurício Santoro, a professor of international relations and political scientist at the State University of Rio de Janeiro. “The last weeks have been a rollercoaster for Temer.”
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Geddel Vieira Lima, ‘one of the principle articulators of the Michel Temer government’, detained a week after embattled president was charged
Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
Monday 3 July 2017 23.08 BST
Brazilian police have arrested a close ally of the country’s embattled president Michel Temer, just as he seemed to be marshalling forces to fight a corruption crisis that has shaken his administration to its foundations.
Geddel Vieira Lima, a former cabinet minister who resigned in November, was detained in the north-eastern state of Bahia in a police operation investigating irregularities at a government-controlled bank.
The arrest came a week after Brazil’s prosecutor-general charged Temer and an aide and former lawmaker with corruption. The president has angrily denied the accusations, and vowed to continue an unpopular programme of austerity measures.
“It is a scenario that worsens Temer’s situation because Geddel Vieira Lima was one of the principle articulators of the Temer government,” said Maurício Santoro, a professor of international relations and political scientist at the State University of Rio de Janeiro. “The last weeks have been a rollercoaster for Temer.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/03/brazil-police-arrest-close-ally-michel-temer-geddel-vieira-lima