MEXICO (Sputnik) — The impeachment trial lasted 16 hours on Tuesday only to be adjourned until Wednesday. Only two out of the 63 senators who made statements at the trial did not express their position on Rousseff’s impeachment, while 43 people supported the move and 18 opposed it.
Three of the 66 senators who signed up to make a speech did not manage to make their statements and are expected to speak on Wednesday.
For Rousseff’s impeachment to take place, 54 of the 81 senators have to vote in support of the idea, otherwise the impeachment will be terminated and she will resume the presidency.
The impeachment vote is now set to take place later on Wednesday.
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.
