Brazilian Court Said to Lean Toward Rejecting Rousseff Accounts
- Auditors under pressure to hold government accountable
- Opposition cites audit court case as impeachment grounds
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The momentum has shifted against Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff in a ruling on her government’s finances that could be decisive in attempts to impeach her, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Most members of Brazil’s audit court known as the TCU are leaning toward a ruling against Rousseff, the people said, asking not to be named when speaking about future votes. Pressure from civil society makes it difficult for court members to go back on a preliminary June decision that said Rousseff’s 2014 accounting practices were illegal, they said.