Weekly Report - 03 September 2015 (WR-15-35)

BRAZIL: Top judge questions attorney general’s impartiality

Brazil & Southern Cone by LatinNews 03 September 2015 Modified: 04 September 2015 2151 views

The impartiality of the recently re-appointed attorney general, Rodrigo Janot, has been called into question by supreme court judge Gilmar Mendes, after the two men clashed over demands from the electoral tribunal (TSE) to look into whether crimes had been committed by President Dilma Rousseff during her re-election campaign last year.

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