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Acting speaker of Brazil lower house annuls Rousseff impeachment
2016-05-10
The acting speaker of the lower house of Brazil's Congress annulled the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff on May 9 and called for a new vote in the chamber.
The fix is in...
Waldir Maranhao, who took over as acting speaker last week, said there were procedural flaws in the April 17 vote in the chamber that accepted impeachment charges against Rousseff.
"What was the flaw?"
"They succeeded in impeaching her!"
After last month's lower house vote, the impeachment process was passed to the Senate, where a Senate committee recommended on May 6 that the leftist president be put on trial by the full chamber for breaking budget laws.

In a news release, Maranhao said the impeachment process should be returned by the Senate so that the lower house can vote again. It remained unclear whether his decision could be overruled by the Supreme Court, the Senate or a majority in the house.
The Senate could ignore her and just carry on...
Brazilian markets fell sharply after the surprising decision was announced.

The full Senate had been expected to vote to put Rousseff on trial on May 11, which would immediately suspend her for the duration of a trial that could last six months. During that period, Vice President Michel Temer would replace her as acting president.
Posted by:Steve White

#13  Where IS Joe?

I can only hope that Guam did NOT flip over and trap him under it.....
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2016-05-10 15:03  

#12  Where IS Joe?
Posted by: Shipman   2016-05-10 14:57  

#11  Apparently, he's revoked his own annullment
Posted by: Frank G   2016-05-10 14:35  

#10  In other news, Waldir Maranhao elevated to presiding speaker.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy   2016-05-10 13:37  

#9  Juan Peron, to the white courtesy phone, Juan Peron...

Snark of the day.
Posted by: Capsu78   2016-05-10 13:12  

#8  swksvolFF: that's almost a Joe-quality comment...
Posted by: Steve White   2016-05-10 11:40  

#7  It's all fun and games until the Ribbon Dancing gets dominated by men's figure skating.

And Enkidu entering women's Judo - that's gonna be some Mortal Kombat level stuff there. "Finish LGTWQCSHW!" Splat.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2016-05-10 09:03  

#6  #5 Didn't they throw out a couple of east german "female" athletes for being XY, back in the 1960es?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-05-10 08:29  

#5  I recall a couple of months back competitors can compete in events according to the gender they identify as. Which will make it a complete farce.
Posted by: phil_b   2016-05-10 06:58  

#4  Boy, did I put that comment in the wrong thread...
Posted by: Fat Bob Panda2668   2016-05-10 02:29  

#3  The same people who are for killing unborn babies in the womb are not the least bit concerned about your childrens safety in the restrooms.

These are deranged beasts. They should be dealt with as deranged beasts. This nation is now governed by beasts. And they are in control of your schools too.
Posted by: Fat Bob Panda2668   2016-05-10 02:25  

#2  And riots. The Olympics in Rio will be a clusterfuck - I can't wait!
Posted by: Raj   2016-05-10 00:19  

#1  This won't end without shooting.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-05-10 00:03  

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