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Weekly Report - 13 August 2015 (WR-15-32)

BRAZIL: Rousseff looks to senate to manage lower chamber

Last week, against the explicit wishes of President Dilma Rousseff, over 50 federal congressional deputies from the ruling left-wing Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) voted in favour of a bill raising the salaries of public prosecutors and those working in the attorney-general’s office. With even members of her own party largely disregarding orders from the executive, Rousseff is increasingly looking to the senate to act as a “moderating power” in the political crisis now roiling Brasília.

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