Brazil Prosecutor Asks Top Court to Suspend Lower House Speaker
- Legislator used position for personal gain, prosecutor alleges
- Cunha says move is effort to divert attention from impeachment
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Brazil’s public prosecutor asked the Supreme Court to suspend the lower house speaker from his activities as a legislator, in a move that may stall impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff.
Prosecutor-general Rodrigo Janot made the request Wednesday, saying Eduardo Cunha used his position for “personal benefit and illicit acts," according to a statement from Janot’s office. Cunha told reporters in Brasilia the prosecutor’s move was "absurd" and an attempt to distract the country from the impeachment process.