Brazil's Temer to scrap reelection plan, will back Meirelles -source


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  • Tuesday, 22 May 2018

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's President Michel Temer speaks with Brazil's Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles during a ceremony to launch the new program of the Brazilian state development lender BNDES at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil August 23, 2017. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Michel Temer will give up plans to run for reelection and will instead support former Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles as presidential candidate for the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) party, a person with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.

His decision is expected to be announced at a party event on Tuesday, according to the senior government official, who spoke anonymously because the news has not yet been made public.

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