FILE PHOTO: Brazilian Federal Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro attends a sanction ceremony of the new telecommunications Law at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil October 8, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Jair Bolsonaro's right-wing Social Liberal Party opened disciplinary proceedings against 19 of its lawmakers on Tuesday, including Bolsonaro's son Eduardo, in an ongoing battle for control of Brazil's second largest party in Congress.
The lawmakers could be suspended and lose their seats for deposing Delegado Waldir, the party's chief whip in the lower house, and replacing him with Eduardo Bolsonaro, against the wishes of the PSL leadership.
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