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Poll Shows Temer Approval at 11%, Brazilians Want To Elect Their President in Elections

  • A sit-in protest against Brazil's interim president where the phrase on the wall reads

    A sit-in protest against Brazil's interim president where the phrase on the wall reads "Out Temer". | Photo: Reuters

Published 8 June 2016
Opinion

Brazil has been living under an imposed interim president for almost a month, and corruption scandals continue to unsettle society.

Brazilians want new elections this year according to a new poll published Wednesday, that suggests that the country is weart of the scandals and policy reversals that have characterized the government of Senate-imposed, interim president Michel Temer.

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The survey showed that 50.3 percent of Brazilians are in favor of holding new elections this year to resolve the political crisis affecting the country since widespread corruption led to a parliamentary coup against President Dilma Rousseff.

Only 11.3 percent of those questioned gave Temer – who heads up a scandal-ridden interim government of politicians being investigated in the corruption scandal – a positive rating

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The poll is the first major sampling of public opinion since Brazil's Senate suspended leftist President Rousseff, and Temer's interim government began.

Recent scandals have weakened Temer, leading him to sack two key ministers in less than a month since beginning his Senate-imposed term. The politician is seeking to build support in the Senate to definitively remove Rousseff.

Brazil's chief prosecutor is seeking the arrest of senior members of Temer's PMDB party for allegedly trying to obstruct the Petrobras investigation.

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