The impeachment of Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff was thrown into confusion yesterday after the acting head of the lower house of Congress said he was annulling a critical vote in the process.
The Speaker, Waldir Maranhão, said a marathon vote on April 17, in which a landslide majority of the lower house had supported the impeachment, had contained procedural irregularities and would be cancelled and held again without giving a specific date.
The move came as the Senate was preparing to vote on the process tomorrow in a move that could lead to the suspension of Ms Rousseff and the beginning of her formal political trial if a majority as expected supported the motion.
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