Michel Temer, Brazil's president, gives a thumbs up while leaving the Military Hospital of Brasilia in Brasilia, Brazil, on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. (Photo: VCG)

Brazil's lower house of Congress voted on October 25th to block a corruption trial against Brazil's President Michel Temer. In September Temer was charged with obstruction of justice and leading a criminal organization.

Temer’s opponents failed to obtain the two-thirds majority required in the Chamber of Deputies to send him to trial in the Supreme Court. The final tally showed that, in the 513-seat chamber, 251 deputies voted in favor of Temer and 233 against him. In August, the number was 263-227.

Earlier on the same day, the 77-year-old President was sent to hospital after feeling a discomfort.

The President is currently facing low approval rating, but lawmakers have protected him again.

Michel Temer became president of Brazil in May 2016, and has faced vote in Congress twice in the last three months.