Brazil Senate braces for Rousseff impeachment vote

Brazil Senate braces for Rousseff impeachment vote

AFP | 31 August, 2016 07:54




Supporters of Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff, hold signs that reads "Out Temer" in
reference to interim President Michel Temer, during a protest in Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 30, 2016.
Image by: NACHO DOCE / REUTERS



Senators loyal to Brazil's first female president debated into the night Tuesday in a final attempt to halt the apparently unstoppable momentum toward her dismissal.

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Rousseff's counsel, veteran lawyer Jose Eduardo Cardozo, retorted that the charges were trumped up to punish the president's support for a huge corruption investigation that has snared many of Brazil's elite.

"This is a farce," he said in a speech during which his voice alternated between shouts and near whispers.

"We should ask her forgiveness if she is convicted," he added. "History will treat her fairly. History will absolve Dilma Rousseff if you convict her."

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