Lawyers to File Rousseff Impeachment Request by Tuesday, Folha Says
- Second suit against Brazil's president by Reale Junior, Bicudo
- Lower House head may accept request, according to newspaper
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Lawyers Helio Bicudo and Miguel Reale Junior plan to file a new request Tuesday with Brazil’s Congress to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported, without saying how it got the information.
Reale Junior and Bicudo, one of the founders and a former member of Rousseff’s ruling Workers’ Party, had already signed an impeachment request in September that was turned down by the Lower House head, Eduardo Cunha. While alleged illegal actions during Rousseff’s presidential campaign were mentioned in the first request, the new suit cites alleged wrongdoings that occurred this year, during her second term, according to Folha.