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Weekly Report - 26 May 2016 (WR-16-20)
BRAZIL: Temer administration shaken by tape recordings
To his enemies, Michel Temer has long been compared to a “butler in a horror movie” – softly spoken, but slightly sinister. In an attempt to dispel that impression, and to insist that the latest scandals and missteps in his two-week-old administration would not deter him, Temer banged the table during a press conference on 24 May. “I have heard: “Temer is very frail, poor thing, he cannot govern. Nonsense!” he said. “I was public security secretary twice in São Paulo and I had to deal with criminals. I know what to do in government.” In the light of recent revelations, Brazilians could be forgiven for wondering if there is any difference between the two.
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