Unhappy allies want the PSDB punished and are eyeing its four cabinet posts, such as the Ministry of Cities, whose hefty budget is coveted for pork barrel projects. Temer's largest ally, the centrist Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), split and half its members voted against the president. 'There is discomfort.' The ordeal created tension between the president's Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) and its closest ally in Congress, Maia's centre-right Democrats party. A charge like this evidently causes wear and tear in the coalition,' Maia said at a business conference in Sao Paulo.

'Undeniably, the government has lost some force in Congress. Some Temer allies feel they were not rewarded for voting to save him from a Supreme Court trial, while parties whose members voted against him kept their cabinet posts. Brazil's top prosecutor is expected to file a new charge by next week.

Last month, the house rejected the first corruption charge against Temer, that he took bribes from executives at the world's largest meatpacker, JBS SA, in return for political favours. Speaker Rodrigo Maia also said the government does not have the votes to approve an overhaul of the costly pension system, a cornerstone of Temer's plan to address a record budget deficit. By Eduardo Simões SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Michel Temer faces a tougher battle to quash an imminent second corruption charge because he has lost support among disgruntled members of his governing coalition in Congress, the country's lower house speaker said on Monday.

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