PSDB is expected to split once again in the vote against Temer.

247 - The PSDB is not expected to provide additional votes to help Michel Temer block the second indictment against him in the Chamber of Deputies, even after receiving massive support from the PMDB to save Senator Aécio Neves (MG). According to PSDB leaders in the Chamber and Senate, the party will remain divided and is expected to register a similar result to that of the first indictment, when it cast 22 votes in favor and 21 against Temer.

"The number of votes will be the same as the first time, meaning the caucus will remain divided," said the PSDB leader in the Chamber of Deputies, Ricardo Tripoli (SP). He stressed that, due to the split, he intends to allow the caucus to vote as they wish, just as they did in the first accusation against Temer for passive corruption. The caucus currently has 44 federal deputies.

According to Congressman Rocha (AC), who voted against Temer in the Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ) on the 18th, there are no reasons for changes in favor of the PMDB member. "The facts are almost the same, since the second accusation is a continuation of the first." He denied that there is an agreement between the party and the PMDB and assessed that Temer is likely to lose support from some members of the PSDB.

“I wasn’t approached. Nobody offered me anything, but there’s a group within the party that’s pro-government. Attempting to convince one or another is legitimate, but without co-opting, so much so that five of the seven PSDB votes on the Constitution and Justice Committee were in favor of the investigation. Today, I think we have a majority in the plenary (in favor of the indictment) by two or three votes.”

The information is from Reporting by Renan Truffi, Igor Gadelha and Julia Lindner in Estado de S.Paulo.