Dead-of-Night Reversal Puts Brazil Impeachment Back on Track
- Senate likely to hold key vote on Rousseff Wednesday evening
- Government doesn't rule out filing appeal with Supreme Court
Rousseff Reversal Put Impeachment Back in Play
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The drive to oust President Dilma Rousseff is back on track after the head of the lower house reversed a decision that had earlier threatened to throw the entire impeachment process into chaos.
Lawmaker Waldir Maranhao released a statement in the dead of night revoking his own call to annul impeachment sessions in the lower house. That puts the Senate back in the spotlight, with a vote on whether to put the unpopular president on trial still slated for Wednesday. If successful, it would temporarily remove her from office. Rousseff is charged with illegally using state banks to plug a hole in the budget.