Allegations against Bolsonaro worsen, Congress is still waiting for ministerial reform, and the House may vote on the new fiscal framework next week

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 18 Aug 2023 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

Yesterday (17), in a hearing of the Joint Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry (CPMI) on the January 8 attacks, hacker Walter Delgatti said Bolsonaro promised him a pardon if he was arrested for hacking electronic voting machines and stated that Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre de Moraes was bugged. It is also worth mentioning that Alexandre de Moraes granted access to the confidential banking and tax information of former President Jair Bolsonaro and former First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro. Congress is still waiting for ministerial reform. The changes should either be announced today or in the last week of August. The House may vote on the new fiscal framework on Tuesday (22).

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