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Lulu Coalition Member Bails
A key party ally in Brazil's ruling coalition decided to leave the fold Sunday to forge its own political path. Following a national convention of party leaders, the Democratic Movement Party, or PMDB, voted to leave the coalition led by the leftist Workers' Party, PT. Leaders for the centrist PMDB said they would like to put forth their own presidential candidate in 2006 to challenge President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Lula and the PT have relied on the PMDB to help the administration push key reform legislation through the Congress over the last two years.Copyright 2004 by United Press International. Posted by: .com 2004-12-13 |
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