Reuters: Brazil's Rousseff scrambles for votes to avert impeachment
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff held last-minute negotiations with wavering lawmakers on Saturday in an effort to secure crucial support the day before an impeachment vote that could lead to her removal from office.
The political crisis has divided the country and turned into a bitter clash between the leftist leader and her centrist Vice President Michel Temer, who would take over if she is unseated.
Rousseff canceled an appearance at an anti-impeachment rally of union and left-wing social activists led by former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, her predecessor and founder of the ruling Workers' Party.
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WNU Editor: According to the Wall Street Journal ....
.... If 342 federal deputies, or two-thirds of the lower house of Congress, elect to send her impeachment case to trial in Brazil’s Senate, Ms. Rousseff will likely have to step down in coming weeks.
Local newspapers keeping a tally of the planned votes suggested that the odds were tilted slightly against the president as of Saturday. Folha de S. Paulo counted 346 expected votes for impeachment, 129 votes against and 38 legislators who were either undecided or declined to say.
If these numbers are true .... there will be just enough votes for the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
Update: It's now getting dirty .... Brazil's Rousseff accused of buying votes ahead of impeachment ballot (FOX News/EFE)
More News On Brazil's Political Crisis
Brazil: Dilma Rousseff fights for political survival on eve of vote -- The Guardian
Brazil’s Rousseff Works to Sway Lawmakers on Eve of Impeachment Vote -- WSJ
Brazil on edge as impeachment vote looms -- DW
Wall through Brazil's capital shows impeachment divide -- Reuters
Rousseff Says Impeachment Would Put Brazil’s Democracy at Risk -- Bloomberg
Rousseff Impeachment: Brazil President Dilma Rousseff Faces Turning Point; Accuses Opponents Of Staging Coup -- IBTimes
Dilma Rousseff’s Former Supporters in Brazil Express Disillusionment -- NYT
Rival Camps Reflect Brazil's Divide Amid Impeachment -- AP
A Chance for Change in Brazil's Scandal: Analysis -- Stratfor
What We Know: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Faces Impeachment Vote -- NPR
How Brazil’s impeachment process works -- Dom Phillips and Nick Miroff, Washington Post
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