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Temer, Rousseff’s replacement, is very unpopular in Brazil; polls show voters want him to be accountable for alleged corruption [Xinhua]
As the number of graft cases filed by public prosecutors against public officials mount, there are some legislators who have sought protection by pushing through an anti-corruption bill that would punish members of judiciary for so-called abuses of authority.
Many Brazilians say they are disillusioned by the number of politicians and legislators (some behind the bill) who have long been involved in a number of corruption cases, including the Petrobras kickback scheme.
When former President Dilma Rousseff was impeached on charges of misreporting and mismanaging public funds earlier this year, many Brazilians thought that this would usher in a period of accountability.
But many of those who led the impeachment charge against Rousseff are now immersed in legal troubles of their own.
Eduardo Cunha, the former president of the lower house of Congress – a main architect of the Rousseff impeachment – was himself arrested on corruption charges in October.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court voted to accept embezzlement charges filed by federal prosecutors nine years ago against Senate President Renan Calheiros.
And Rousseff’s successor President Michel Temer was himself accused of being involved in a graft scandal and faces growing calls for impeachment.
The BRICS Post with inputs from Agencies
