Termel, aged 76, took office as vice president on June 201/and officially succeeded impeached dilma rousseff as president on August 20 16. Since May of 17, 17 media revealed that he was suspected of acquiescing in the payment of "hush money" by enterprises to Eduardo Cunha, the former Speaker of the House of Representatives in prison, his support rate dropped to single digits. Some government officials offered to stand by and resign. Termel's party, the Brazilian Social Democratic Party, is divided among its ruling partners. Some people hope that the party will withdraw from the government, while others hope that the regime will be handed over smoothly after Termel's stepping down, so as to continue the economic reforms he promoted.

Termel claimed that he was innocent and said that he would not resign. He was confident that he would complete his term of office until the second half of 20 18. According to the Brazilian Constitution, the current government has been in power for more than half of the time. Once Termel steps down, the Speaker of the House of Representatives will serve as interim president, and the new president will be indirectly elected by the Senate and the House of Representatives. The new president will be in power until the 20 18 general election. However, one of the protests of many people is to hold a general election immediately after Termel stepped down, instead of letting Congress decide on a new presidential candidate.