Brazilian President Michel Temer is seen at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Congressional support for Brazilian President Michel Temer is weakening, lawmakers said on Friday, days before the lower house is expected to vote on whether he should stand trial on a corruption charge.
Temer, whose centre government's approval rating is languishing in single digits, is clinging to power after being charged with arranging to take millions of dollars in bribes, the first sitting Brazilian president to face such criminal proceedings.
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