4th Minister falls in Dilma's government and PR goes independent

Minister of Agriculture Wagner Rossi (PMDB-SP) resigned due to corruption accusations. He attributed this to a media campaign against him. He's very linked to Vice President Temer and entered in Government only because him. He will be replaced by Federal Deputy Mendes Ribeiro Filho (PMDB-RS), who was serving as Government Leader in Congress. Mendes Ribeiro was one of few supporters in PMDB-RS to Dilma.
Party of the Republic (PR), led by former Minister of Transports, Senator Alfredo Nascimento (PR-AM), withdrew his support to Dilma's government and it will sit as Independent. Party leaders, like Nascimento and Deputy Valdemar Costa Neto (PR-SP), felt abandoned by president. Many believe that this position will be kept only by a small group of this big-tent party.

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