Allies want to appeal to Cármen Lúcia against Renan's removal.
Despite the public exchange of barbs between Renan Calheiros and the president of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Cármen Lúcia, allies are considering appealing to her, on behalf of the Senate, with a request to suspend the act that removes the PMDB member from office; the strategy was outlined in an emergency meeting at the official residence of the Senate president last night, where Renan Calheiros' allies were trying to devise a strategy to return him to office; the atmosphere was as bad as possible; "It's very serious to remove the head of a branch of government by injunction. Not even with Eduardo Cunha was it like that," complained one senator; "It's a very serious decision," reacted Jorge Viana (PT-AC), Renan's immediate successor.
247 - Despite the public exchange of barbs between Renan Calheiros and the president of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Cármen Lúcia, allies are considering appealing to her, in a request on behalf of the Senate, against the removal of the PMDB member from office. The strategy was outlined in an emergency meeting at the official residence of the Senate president last night, where Renan Calheiros' allies were trying to devise a strategy to return him to his position. The atmosphere was as bad as it could be. "It's very serious to remove the head of a branch of government by injunction. Not even with Eduardo Cunha was it done like this," complained one senator. "It's a very serious decision," reacted Jorge Viana (PT-AC), Renan's immediate successor.
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"With the removal [of Michel Temer], Michel Temer now depends on two unlikely outcomes to restore some normalcy to his government: rehabilitating Renan and seeing the PT, through Viana, put the spending cap to a vote next Tuesday."
Despite Viana's conciliatory profile and close ties to the Senate president, the Workers' Party caucus is already pressuring him to postpone the final processing of the spending cap until 2017. "We cannot ignore the crisis. The House cannot vote on anything this year," argues Lindbergh Farias (PT-RJ).