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Brazilian Senate to Hold Vote on Rousseff Impeachment on Wednesday Morning
Brazilian Senate to Hold Vote on Rousseff Impeachment on Wednesday Morning
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The upper house of the Brazilian parliament will hold a vote on impeachment of country's suspended President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday morning, local media... 31.08.2016, Sputnik International
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Brazilian Senate to Hold Vote on Rousseff Impeachment on Wednesday Morning
The upper house of the Brazilian parliament will hold a vote on impeachment of country's suspended President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday morning, local media reported.
MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) — Brazil’s Supreme Court President Ricardo Lewandowski had held consultations with senators and was ready to schedule the special session for the vote on 11 a.m. local time (14:00 GMT), the Globo news portal reported on Tuesday.
31 August 2016, 01:59 GMT
The portal added that if 54 senators voted for the impeachment, Rousseff would be removed from office, otherwise the impeachment would be terminated and she would resume the presidency.
In May, the upper house of the Brazilian parliament voted 55-22 to start impeachment proceedings against Rousseff after she was accused of concealing the country’s budget deficit ahead of the 2014 election. Rousseff regards the impeachment proceedings as an illegal coup attempt.
Rousseff has been suspended from office for 180 days. Vice President Michel Temer has being fulfilling the functions of the presidency during that period.