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Brazil’s president says he will not run in elections

Brazil's president says he will not run in elections | iNFOnews.ca
Brazil's President Michel Temer combs his hair after receiving military honors during his arrival to attend a meeting of the Defense Military Council, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018. Brazil's congress approved a decree to put the military in charge of Rio de Janeiro's security forces as soldiers and police spread out throughout in the city to combat rising crime. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

SAO PAULO – Brazil’s president says he will not run in October presidential elections and maintains that a military intervention he recently ordered was not aimed at improving his low approval ratings.

President Michel Temer was asked in a Friday interview with a Sao Paulo radio station if he would run for president if the intervention succeeds.

He replied: “I am not and will not be a candidate for any elective office.”

Brazil’s federal government issued a decree a week ago putting the military in charge of Rio de Janeiro’s local police amid a spike in violent crime.

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