Lula Weighs Replacing Senate Leader Jaques Wagner This Week in Brazil Banking Fraud Fallout
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 23
Lula Weighs Replacing Senate Leader Jaques Wagner This Week in Brazil Banking Fraud Fallout
2 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 23
Summary
Lula could decide as soon as this week whether to remove Senator Jaques Wagner as the government’s leader in the Senate, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
A police investigation has pulled Wagner into the Banco Master case—described in the report as Brazil’s biggest banking fraud probe—raising concern inside Lula’s camp about damage to his reelection effort.
Wagner, a longtime Lula ally, is expected to meet the president on Wednesday, a session that could determine whether he keeps one of the government’s most important posts in Congress.
The deliberations show the Banco Master fallout reaching Brazil’s political core, with Lula weighing loyalty to a close ally against the electoral risk of keeping him in place.