Brazil’s Temer to focus on economy amid threat of new charges
Brasília — Brazil President Michel Temer has survived a massive corruption scandal with a victory in the lower house that allows him to cling to power and turn his focus back to the economy. On Wednesday, Temer allies defeated the motion that would have put him on trial and forced him to step aside, with 263 to 227 votes. The result paves the way for Temer to ride out his term next year and at least temporarily pivot his attention towards economic reforms needed to fix Brazil’s battered public finances. "It’s urgent [that we] put the country on the path of growth, job creation, modernisation and social justice," Temer told reporters at the presidential palace after the congressional vote. "I won’t rest until December 31 of 2018." The final voting tally is in line with what many analysts had considered to be an acceptable showing for Temer. The "next battle" is approval of the administration’s flagship pension overhaul, chief of staff Eliseu Padilha told O Estado de S Paulo newspaper...
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