Lower House Approves President Rousseff’s Impeachment
KABUL: (MEP) Brazil’s Lower House approved the impeachment of the President Dilma Rousseff over corruptions by 342 votes, what the parliament looked-for.
Preliminary results show, opponents of President Rousseff of Brazil have won the vote for her impeachment, Al-Mayadeen reported.
The opposition got the 342 votes — or two-thirds of the 513 votes in the chamber — needed to secure enough support for the motion on Sunday. The proceedings will now be sent to the senate for a vote expected in May.
If the senate approves the motion too, President Rousseff will have to leave office for 180 days as the impeachment trial proceeds. In such a case, her vice-president-turned-opponent, Michel Temer, would take over.
Rousseff, accused of using public financing in the 2014 campaign. However, she denies the allegations against her as politically-motivated, accusing the opposition of orchestrating a coup.
