TEMER: NO GRAFT AMNESTY

BRASÍLIA: Brazil’s President Michel Temer, together with congressional leaders, vowed yesterday to block any attempt by legislators to grant themselves a corruption amnesty as he sought to defuse a series of scandals. In a rare weekend news conference, the president sought to reassure Brazilians that he is fighting corruption among the political elite and working to restore an economy that he predicted will see an upturn in the second quarter of 2017. – AFP