The Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has vowed to step up the fight against corruption following mass anti-government protests.
But she has suffered a further blow after prosecutors charged a leading member of her party.
Millions of people took to the streets on Sunday, also denouncing a sluggish economy, rising prices and high inflation.
The president responded after meeting her ministers, saying Brazil needed the right institutions and laws to tackle corruption.
“All of us here are in complete agreement with this demand by the people, and have a clear determination to take measures that intensify the fight against corruption,” Rousseff said.
The Treasurer of Rousseff’s ruling Workers’ Party Joao Vaccari is one of 27 people to be charged with corruption linked to the energy giant Petrobras.
He is accused of soliciting donations from former Petrobras
services chief Renato Duque and executives at engineering firms.
Prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol said the authorities had “a
