So does Mr. Temer, as he made clear on Monday, before the widely anticipated charges were revealed. But so far, Mr. Temer has been able to escape those and other allegations. Mr. Temer will need 172 federal deputies to either abstain from voting or vote against accepting the charge brought by Mr. Janot. Mr. Temer can count on around 200 to 250 of the 512 deputies in the lower house, compared with about 400 a year ago, Mr. Costa said. A visit by Mr. Temer to Russia and Norway last week, intended to distract from his problems at home, seemed to highlight them instead.

Source: New York Times June 27, 2017 01:23 UTC