Brazil’s Temer to travel with judge who could oust him

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January 09 2017 03:20 AM

Brazil's Temer to travel with judge who could oust him | iNFOnews.ca — FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2016, file photo, Brazil's President Michel Temer arrives for a pension plan proposal to National Congress leaders, at the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil. With Brazil mired in recession, President Temer‚Äôs government spawned outrage when it ordered $400,000 worth of food, including 500 cartons of Haagen-Dazs ice cream and 1.5 tons of chocolate cake, for his official plane trips. The government quickly scrapped the order, but it‚Äôs just the latest in a series of tone-deaf decisions that have put his already wobbly government on the defensive, raising questions about whether it can survive the new year. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Original Publication Date: January 9, 2017 3:20AM

Publication Updated: April 26, 2025 11:18PM

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil’s embattled President Michel Temer is set to travel to Portugal accompanied by the chairman of the electoral court considering whether to remove him from his post.

Temer’s office confirmed in a statement on Monday that Justice Gilmar Mendes will be on the presidential plane that leaves Brasilia on Tuesday bound for Lisbon.

They’re scheduled to attend the funeral of former Portuguese President Mario Soares, who died at age 92.

Brazil’s electoral court is investigating whether the presidential ticket of Temer and former President Dilma Rousseff benefited from illegal campaign financing.

If the ticket is found guilty, Temer would lose the presidency and Brazil would hold new elections for the rest of the term that ends in December 2018.

Temer’s predecessor Rousseff was impeached in May.

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