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President Lula Denies
Crisis In Brazilian
Senate
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil's
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday
that there is not a political crisis in the
country's Senate, but a mere disagreement.
"I honestly do not know how someone can treat a
disagreement inside theSenate as a crisis," the
President said.
The Brazilian Senate is under a lot of pressure
since the discovery of about 600 secret acts signed
in the past years, and several accusations of
nepotism, some of which are against the House's
President, Senator Jose Sarney.
The nepotism accusations have led to four political
parties calling for Senator Sarney to step down last
week, at least while the accusations are
investigated. The senator, however, decided to
maintain his position after a meeting with President
Lula, on Friday.
Sarney, who had also served as Brazil's 31st
president between 1985 and 1990, is on his third
term as the Senate's president. He presided over the
Senate from 1995 to 1997, and from 2003 to 2005.
Despite denying the crisis, President Lula said that
all the accusations must be investigated in order to
clarify matters, "so that the society can learn what
is true and what is not".
Lula also said that his Workers' Party's (PT)
senators will behave "the best possible way"
concerning the issue.
The PT senators will meet on Wednesday to decide
whether they will officially support Senator Sarney. |
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