Senator Aécio Neves, cornered by corruption allegations, secured a huge win for himself last week. The Senate floor overruled a Supreme Court decision to suspend him from office and instead placed him under a mild form of house arrest. Earlier this year, Neves was caught on tape having conversations deemed “improper” – to borrow a popular euphemism in Brasília. Thanks to a narrow majority (44 out of 81 senators), Neves avoided becoming the second sitting Brazilian senator to be punished in democratic times.
In 2015, the Senate confirmed a Supreme Court decision to arrest Delcídio do Amaral, formerly of the Workers’ Party. Amaral was recorded attempting to negotiate bribery payments to a former Petrobras executive, who had signed a plea deal with Operation Car Wash. Neves’ wrongdoing was different:...
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