Third Brazil minister resigns over bribery scandal

[Judi Lynn]

Third Brazil minister resigns over bribery scandal

By Eugenia Logiuratto (AFP) Jun 16, 2016.

Brazil's interim president Michel Temer lost the third cabinet member of his month-old administration to a corruption scandal when his tourism minister resigned Thursday after being accused of taking bribes.

Tourism minister Henrique Eduardo Alves announced his resignation after a key witness accused him of accepting 1.5 million reals (around $445,000) diverted from state oil company Petrobras.

Alves, a member of Temer's center-right PMDB party, said in an open letter he was stepping down to avoid "creating problems for the government."

He joins former transparency minister Fabiano Silveira and former planning minister Romero Juca, who were both forced to resign over leaked phone recordings linked to the scandal.


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[Blue_Tires]

1. But I thought once Temer was in charge

he was supposed to kill all the investigations and protect his party hacks? I mean, that's what folks had been telling me...