Tag: impeachment

Brazil Senate debates opening impeachment end game

BRASILIA, BRAZIL (AFP) – by Damian WROCLAVSKY Brazil’s Senate on Tuesday debated before voting on whether to send suspended president Dilma Rousseff to an impeachment trial, bringing the Olympic host country’s political crisis to a climax. At the start of the marathon session, Supreme Court President Ricardo Lewandowski reminded senators that they were about to “exercise one of the most serious tasks under the constitution.” The Senate speaker, Renan Calheiros, also underlined the seriousness of […]

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Pangulong Duterte hindi takot ma-impeach

MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hindi natatakot si Pangulong Rodrigo Roa Duterte na ma-impeach dahil lamang sa ipinatupad  na  all-out-war kontra  iligal na droga. Ayon sa pangulo, handa niyang itaya ang  kanyang posisyon, dangal at buhay kung  ang  kukwestiyunin ay ang pinaigting  nitong  kampanya  laban sa  illegal drug  trade  sa bansa. Binigyang-diin ng pangulo na wala  siyang  ilusyon dahil sa una pa lang  ay  ayaw  niyang  tumakbo sa  pagka-pangulo, subalit nagsalita  na ang taumbayan kaya […]

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Brazil impeachment drive against Rousseff tips into chaos

BRASILIA Brazil (AFP) – by Damian Wroclavsky The impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was thrown into confusion Monday when the acting speaker of the lower house of Congress annulled the April vote by lawmakers that launched the process. Just days before the Senate seemed near certain to suspend Rousseff for six months and open an impeachment trial, the new leader of the lower house threw a spanner in the works — dramatically ramping up the […]

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Brazil Senate committee vote set on Rousseff impeachment

BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) – by Damian Wroclavsky A special committee in Brazil’s Senate was to vote Friday on whether to recommend starting an impeachment trial against President Dilma Rousseff who faces being suspended from office in less than a week. The committee’s decision is non-binding but marks the last formal stage before the full Senate votes Wednesday on whether to put the leftist leader on trial. With a ‘yes’ almost certain, Rousseff is preparing to […]

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Brazil Supreme Court suspends Rousseff impeachment architect

  BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — by Damian Wroclavsky A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Thursday suspended Eduardo Cunha, the senior lawmaker at the center of efforts to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, citing his attempt to obstruct a probe into his alleged corruption. The speaker of Brazil’s lower house of Congress is the architect of the impeachment drive which is expected to see Rousseff forced to step aside from office on Wednesday. Cunha’s dramatic setback was not […]

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In crushing defeat, Brazil’s Rousseff moves close to impeachment

  (Reuters) Brazil’s leftist President Dilma Rousseff suffered a humiliating loss in a crucial impeachment vote in the lower house of Congress on Sunday and is almost certain to be forced from office months before the nation hosts the Olympics. Fireworks lit up the night sky in Brazil’s megacities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro after the opposition comfortably surpassed the two-thirds majority needed to send Rousseff for trial in the Senate on charges […]

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Brazil impeachment committee backs ousting President Dilma Rousseff

  Brasilia, Brazil (AFP)—-A congressional committee on Monday recommended impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, setting the stage for a crucial vote in the lower house to decide whether she should face trial. The committee voted 38 to 27 in favor of Rousseff’s ouster. Both sides yelled slogans and waved placards as the vote was completed after hours of bad-tempered debate that often descended into shouting matches, reflecting Brazil’s increasingly bitter divisions. The decision was […]

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Brazil’s Lula leads rally against impeachment of President Rousseff

SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, SAO PAULO STATE, Brazil (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva led a rally in defence of embattled President Dilma Rousseff on Monday (April 4) as the current president tries to stave off calls for her impeachment. Lula called on supporters at the Union of Metal Workers in Sao Bernardo do Campo, just outside the city of Sao Paulo, to defend the government. “The people are going to […]

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Sen. Santiago raises possibility of impeachment complaint vs Binay

(Eagle News Service) — Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago said that it is possible that Vice-President Jejomar Binay would soon be facing an impeachment complaint for betrayal of public trust if he continues to refuse to answer allegations against him in the Senate. Santiago said there is evidence on Binay’s alleged unexplained wealth that the Vice-President should explain. The Senator said Binay’s continued refusal to appear before the Senate to answer the allegations on his alleged […]

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Impeachment proponents given fair day during deliberations, says Palace

MANILA, Sept. 2 (PNA) — Groups wanting to oust the President through impeachment were given an opportunity to make their case in Congress but their move did not prosper, the Palace said on Tuesday. “The Committee on Justice of the House, after a thorough review of the allegations in terms of its substance, has dismissed the complaints against the President,” Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said in a statement on the dismissal of the impeachment […]

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Bayan Muna, Gabriela hit speed with which Aquino impeachment raps were dismissed

MANILA, Philippines — Just on its second hearing, the three impeachment complaints filed against President Benigno Aquino III were declared “insufficient in substance” by the House of Representatives Justice committee on Tuesday. The three complaints were dismissed separately, with most of the panel members (54) voting to junk each complaint as against only four members who voted for it. Bayan Muna Representative Neri Colmenares hit the speed with which the three impeachment complaints were junked.  […]

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