More Turbulence in Brazil as Court Debates 2014 Election Result
- Top electoral court to debate validity of Rousseff-Temer win
- If court voids result, Temer could be stripped of presidency
Re-elected Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff waves next to her vice president, Michel Temer (right), following her win in Brasilia on Oct. 26, 2014.
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With eighteen months to go until Brazil’s next election, the country’s top electoral court is about to debate whether to scrap the result of the last one.
On Tuesday the seven-member court, known as the TSE, will begin deliberations about whether to nullify the results of the 2014 presidential election on the grounds that the winners allegedly received illegal campaign financing. The court could invalidate Dilma Rousseff and Michel Temer’s election victory, as president and vice-president respectively, with Rousseff losing her political rights and Temer losing the presidency.