The mayor of a metropolis in Brazil married a 16-year-old lady and appointed his new mother-in-law to Secretary of Culture and Tourism. The Brazilian prosecutor's workplace is investigating Hissam Hussein Dehaini, 65, for nepotism after the wedding sparked outrage. The civil marriage passed off a day after the previous magnificence queen turned 16.

The day after the marriage, the city's official gazette revealed the decree by which the mayor appointed his new mother-in-law as Secretary of Culture and Tourism, with a wage of some 4,200 {dollars} a month.

Until then, the mother-in-law labored as a civil servant within the Ministry of Education with a a lot decrease wage.

Although the wedding on this case was authorized, it has raised a robust debate in Brazil in regards to the age through which individuals can get married.

According to the UN, round 26 p.c of ladies in Brazil dwell in a pair earlier than the age of 18, together with six p.c who marry earlier than the age of 15.

The case additionally prompted a political scandal within the city as a result of it was Araucaria's personal deputy mayor, Hilda Lukalski Seima, who, as head of the city's civil registry, made the wedding official.

Both had been elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020 by a coalition of conservative events.

This just isn't the primary time this mayor has been concerned in an identical scandal. During his earlier time period in workplace, in 2010, Dehaini granted public workplace to his then spouse, two of his daughters and a brother-in-law who, on the time, was underneath investigation.

Hissam Hussein Dehaini, mayor of Araucária, with a fortune of round 2 million euros, married for the fifth time to a "miss teen".

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According to Brazilian legislation, minors underneath the age of 16 are allowed to marry, so long as they've the authorisation of their mother and father or guardians or, failing that, so long as they've managed to acquire their emancipation.

According to native media, younger Kauane Rode Camargo, the now fifth spouse of Hussein Dehaini, reportedly offered her papers as an emancipated minor on April 12, the day the wedding passed off.

However, the Public Prosecutor's Office of Paraná introduced that there are "some proceedings in progress" in regards to the scenario, with actions being dealt with confidentially as a result of they contain a minor.

As for the accusations of nepotism, a listing of the mayor's family members who maintain positions within the municipality was revealed within the Brazilian press.

According to CNN Brazil, the scandal pressured Hussein to take drastic choices. He resigned from the Cidadania occasion, which he had joined in 2009.

"I, Hissam Hussein Dehaini, announce my retirement from the CIDADANIA party, thank you for the role I have always had in the party since 2009, being my only party of affiliation. Thank you for the warm welcome," he wrote in a press release.

The following day, he introduced the dismissal of his mother-in-law Marilene Rode from the Secretary of Culture and Tourism, which he himself had given her after the marriage with Kauane.

Additional reporting by Maria Ortega