On Monday, June 26, Attorney General Rodrigo Janot filed suit in the Supreme Court. According to him, the head of state took 500 thousand reais, which corresponds to 130 thousand euros.
As Deutsche Welle reports, citing the words of the Prosecutor General, now the decision to bring Temer to court will be taken by Parliament. At the same time, not less than two-thirds of the deputies.
If the parliament gives its good, Temer will be dismissed for 180 days, "explained Zhanot, adding that Temera had long received bribes for the Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement, to which he belongs, from entrepreneur Joselin Batista, the owner of the country's largest meat producer, the company JBS.
At the same time, Batista allegedly made a secret recording of his conversation with the president, who provided as evidence.
Recall, as reported URA-Inform, the Supreme Court of Brazil in May gave permission to initiate an investigation against President Michel Temer. The country's prosecutor's office suspects him of corruption.