Temer Administration: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Temer Accusation Vote

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 24 Oct 2017 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

​In the vote on the first accusation against President Michel Temer was concluded at 9:50pm. This time, aside from the President, two cabinet ministers also stand accused: Eliseu Padilha (Chief of Staff) and Moreira Franco (General Secretariat of the Presidency). Their lawyers will speak for 25 minutes each. If the opposition’s strategy of obstructing proceedings is repeated, as in the first accusation, the vote should be concluded around 11pm.

Below, we present a step-by-step guide to the vote in the Lower House floor.To calculate how much time the proceedings will take, we used the first accusation as a reference.

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