Rousseff Impeachment Bid Filed by Opponents as Cunha Weighs Move
- Lower house speaker must accept plea for voting to start
- Impeachment process could take months and result in her ouster
Opposition Moves to Oust Brazil's Dilma Rousseff
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Three high-profile Brazilian lawyers, including a former member of the ruling party, filed a request Wednesday to open impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff on allegations she doctored fiscal accounts.
Lower house President Eduardo Cunha, a vocal critic of Rousseff, received the request and now must decide whether to accept the plea, which may take days and even weeks. If he accepts the petition, it will set in motion a protracted legal process that could result in the president’s removal from office. Cunha, who himself faces corruption allegations, pledged to study the petition with total neutrality.