Editorial published on May 12, 2016
On May 12, 55 senators out of 81 voted for an impeachment trial to be held against Brazilian President Dilma Roussef. She has therefore been suspended for up to 6 months, until the final verdict in the trial. Her Vice-President Michel Temer from the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, who is mentioned in the corruption Petrobras case, will replace her…
On April 17, a large majority in Parliament had already voted in favour of the impeachment. Accused of allegedly manipulating government accounts in order to conceal the deficit, she denounced an “institutional coup”.
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