Brazil crisis: Rousseff loses lower house impeachment vote

Following a defeat in the lower house of Congress, Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has vowed to keep on fighting against moves to impeach her, Attorney General Eduardo Cardozo has said. On Sunday, lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favour of a motion to impeach her on claims she manipulated government accounts. She has denied the allegations and […]

Following a defeat in the lower house of Congress, Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has vowed to keep on fighting against moves to impeach her, Attorney General Eduardo Cardozo has said.
On Sunday, lawmakers overwhelmingly voted in favour of a motion to impeach her on claims she manipulated government accounts.
She has denied the allegations and described the move as a “coup”.
The motion will now go to the upper house.
A vote in the Senate is expected in May, and reports suggest most senators will vote against the president.
If that vote goes against her, she will be suspended while the Senate proceeds with the impeachment trial.
Mr Cardozo said Ms Rousseff would not give up. “The president will not be disheartened and will not stop fighting,” he said.
“If someone thinks she is going to bow down now, they are fooling themselves,” he added.