Brazil's Vice President Michel Temer (L) looks on near President of the Brazilian Senate Renan Calheiros (C) and opposition Senator Aecio Neves (R) of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) during a meeting in Brasilia, Brazil April 27, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Vice President Michel Temer, expected to take over soon as Brazil's acting president, plans to cut the number of government ministries to 22 from 32, a close advisor said on Tuesday.
Temer appeared to waver in recent days on a vow to eliminate about 10 ministries as he sought to accommodate political allies to widen support for a transitional government, but Senator Romero Jucل said the vice president was sticking with the plan.
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