Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Meanwhile in Brazil

A major architect in the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff has been kicked out of Congress for corruption (he was found to have over a hundred million in Swiss accounts).
Eduardo Cunha, the man dubbed Brazil’s most corrupt, and former speaker of the lower house has been stripped of his seat.

The chamber voted 450-10 to remove him from office.

He [...] now faces arrest.

[...]

A lively and often venomous debate preceded the vote.

[...]

Defending himself, he said he was ‘paying the price’ of having led the impeachment against ex-leader Dilma Rousseff. He said it is the price he had to pay for ‘freeing the country of her Worker’s Party rule’.

[...]

Cunha is also under investigation for taking kick backs in a scandal involving the state oil company, Petrobras. He has threatened to implicate others, leaving some members of President Michel Temer’s new government vulnerable.

  Euro News
At least Brazil is making an attempt to clear its political house of corruption.
Of 65 members on the impeachment commission, 37 face charges of corruption or other serious crimes, according to data prepared for the Los Angeles Times by the local organization Transparencia Brasil.

[...]

Of the 513 members of the lower house in Congress, 303 face charges or are being investigated for serious crimes. In the Senate, the same goes for 49 of 81 members.

  BBC
Ostensibly, that is why the impeachment charges were brought against Rousseff, who was never charged with any corruption - to stop the investigations.  Apparently, it did not work, at least in Cunha's case.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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