RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Federal Superior Court (STJ) unanimously followed the vote of Judge Benedito Gonçalves, rapporteur of the petition requesting the removal of Rio de Janeiro governor Wilson Witzel (PSC), and voted for the maintenance of his ban from holding office for another year. Brazil's second-highest court accepted the Federal Prosecutor's Office (MPF) complaint accusing Witzel of corruption and money laundering.
Witzel had been removed from his post as governor in September last year, because of impeachment proceedings against him. He would have completed the 180 day period by the end of February and . . .
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