Brazil’s VP holding fort for unpopular Rousseff

MICHEL3    BSB DF    08/07/2015  NACIONAL MICHEL TEMER/EDUARDO CUNHA O presidente da Republica em exercicio, Michel Temer discursa da tribuna  durante   sessao solene em Homenagem Postuma ao Ex presidente da Camara dos Deputados, Paes de Andrade, no  Plenario Ulysses Guimaes, Camara dos Deputados.FOTO: DIDA SAMPAIO/ESTADAO

Vice President Michel Temer is increasingly seen as the man who could lead Brazil out of political crisis if President Dilma Rousseff is forced from office, but people who know him say he will do all he can to see her serve out her term.

Even members of Temer’s PMDB party who want Rousseff to step down say Temer, a seasoned politician and discreet, soft-spoken constitutional law expert, will hold the fort for Rousseff as long as long as he can.

They doubt, though, that he can do much to save her if the current pro-impeachment drumbeat results in a trial in Congress.

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