Brazil’s Congress will start impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, the head of the lower house Eduardo Cunha said late on Wednesday.
The process will be based on a petition accusing her of “crimes of responsibility” for her government’s handling of its 2014 budget, in which Brazil’s public accounts watchdog alleged she used accounting tricks to plug gaps in state finances.
“Heeding the call of the streets, the president of the house Eduardo Cunha has accepted the request for impeachment,” Mr Cunha tweeted.
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