The PP supported now-suspended President Dilma Rousseff for years.
It broke from the leftist leader last week when it backed her
impeachment and suspension during a vote in Brazil's Senate.
Ex-treasurer of Brazilian coalition party arrested in graft probe (SMH)
Brazilian
federal police on Monday arrested a former treasurer of one of the
parties in the country's ruling coalition as part of a wide-ranging
graft probe centered on state-run oil company Petrobras, prosecutors said.
João Cláudio Genu,
a former treasurer of the Progressive Party (PP), is accused of
receiving about 1 million reais ($280,465) in bribes to distribute
within his party.
The PP supported now-suspended President Dilma Rousseff
for years. It broke from the leftist leader last week when it backed
her impeachment and suspension during a vote in Brazil's Senate.
The PP is part of the coalition of interim President Michel Temer, who has named two of its members to head government ministries.
($1 = 3.5655 Brazilian reais)
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