BRAZIL’S coalition government disintegrated over the weekend in the wake of bribery allegations against unelected president Michel Temer.

The third-largest party in Brazil’s congress, the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), called an emergency meeting yesterday to decide whether to stick with Mr Temer after audio tapes of him of soliciting bribes from meatpacking magnate Joesley Batista emerged last week.

Another major coalition partner, the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB), pulled out on Saturday evening.