Relief for Rousseff as acting speaker annuls her impeachment

Temporal relief has come the way of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff after the acting speaker of the lower house in Brazil annulled her impeachment process while also calling for a new vote in the lower chamber.

The acting speaker, Waldir Maranhao said there were procedural flaws in the April 17 vote in the chamber that accepted impeachment charges against Rousseff.

After last month’s lower house vote, the impeachment process was passed to the Senate, where a Senate committee recommended on Friday that the leftist president be put on trial by the full chamber for breaking budget laws.

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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.

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