ML-Implode News - Rousseff impeachment vote [presumptively] annulled, throwing Brazil legislature into chaos

Just days before the senate was expected to adopt the motion and suspend the president, Waldir MaranhÃ£o -- who took over as acting speaker last week -- appeared to have thrown Rousseff a lifeline by saying the vote needed to be rerun due to procedural flaws.
"This has no legal or practical effect," said Senator Raimundo Lira, who -- like the vice-president, Michel Temer -- is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement party (PMDB) that split from the ruling coalition earlier this year. "The lower house chamber lost complete control the moment that case was handed to the senate."

Unless there is an intervention by the supreme court, the senate vote is now likely to go ahead on Wednesday.

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Rousseff impeachment vote [presumptively] annulled, throwing Brazil legislature into chaos