Brazilian congressmen Siba Machado (centre R, red tie) of the ruling Workers Party, and Vitor Valim (centre L) struggle while arguing during the debate leading up to the vote on the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, in Brasilia April 17, 2016. REUTERS/Nilson Bastian, Brazil's Lower House of Congress/Handout via Reuters
Reuters: Brazil's Rousseff loses crucial impeachment vote in Congress
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff lost a decisive impeachment vote in the lower house of Congress on Sunday and appeared almost certain to be forced from office in a move that would end 13 years of leftist Workers' Party rule.
As thousands of pro- and anti-impeachment protesters demonstrated outside Congress, the leader of the Workers Party in the lower house conceded defeat with the vote standing at 314 votes in favor to just 110 votes against sending Rousseff for trial in the Senate on charges of manipulating budget accounts.
The surprisingly one-sided vote had a raucous atmosphere with opposition legislators crowding around the microphone and cheering every vote against the unpopular president. At least two deputies let off poppers full of confetti as they voted to impeach Rousseff.
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WNU Editor: BBC is live-blogging this story .... LIVE: Brazil MPs vote on impeachment (BBC). I will be updating this story with a full news round-up tomorrow morning at 7:30 (EST).
2 comments:
She has not been impeached. Only the Senate can do that and thats where the impeachment process is moving now.
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You are correct Fab z. I have corrected the title
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