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Brazil Chamber Speaker removes obstacle to impeachment

May 10, 2016 by

In another stunning move, the Speaker of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday reversed his own earlier decision and removed obstacles to the swift impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff. In a four-line note, Speaker Waldir Maranhão revoked his own decision, taken Monday, to stall the congressional drive toward impeachment. In Tuesday’s note, Maranhão lifted objections to a swift impeachment vote in the Senate. The Senate is due to vote Wednesday and is expected to impeach the President. That action will result in a Senate trial and a 180-day leave-of-absence for Rousseff. The congressional maneuvers came as anti-impeachment fervor came to a boil in 11 states. Pro-Rousseff protestors blocked highways and major urban arteries early Tuesday, in some cases burning tires and trash to create huge rush-hour traffic jams. Worst hit were large population cities such as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

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