Thus emboldened, the centrist Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement has secured a second congressional inquiry, into the financial system.

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He hopes to rectify this by bringing in the Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement, a large centrist group, but that may not happen soon.

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More dangerous is discontent in the president's own Workers' Party and its biggest ally, the Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement, to which Mr Temer belongs.

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