Third indictment request a fitting end to Michel Temer’s presidency

The Prosecutor General’s decision to indict President Michel Temer yesterday as part of a corruption investigation, only 12 days before the end of his term, puts a bow on what has been a consistently controversial and unpopular administration.

In a report of over 70 pages, Prosecutor General Raquel Dodge accuses Mr. Temer and five of his allies of receiving unlawful benefits in exchange for the issuance of a presidential decree in favor of companies working at the Port of Santos, the largest in Latin America.

Ms. Dodge requests that the president is convicted of passive corruption and money laundering and that he and the other five accused parties repay the BRL 32 million alleged to have been received as bribes. In the space of just 28 months, this is the third criminal indictment filed against Michel Temer during his term as president. His administration has been met with controversy and scandal at every turn.

Brazil’s most unpopular president

Michel Temer came to power in August 2016 after his predecessor Dilma Rousseff was impeached for so-called “fiscal pedaling,” a creative accounting technique which involves...