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Brazil opposition seeks Rousseff impeachment for fiscal crimes
Source: Reuters
World | Thu Sep 17, 2015 6:44pm EDT
Brazil opposition seeks Rousseff impeachment for fiscal crimes
BRASILIA | BY ANTHONY BOADLE
Brazil's opposition parties on Thursday filed a request in Congress to impeach President Dilma Rousseff for breaking fiscal rules by allegedly manipulating government finances to benefit her re-election last year.
The request was backed by some members of Rousseff's main political ally, the fractious PMDB party, Brazil's largest, whose votes would be needed to succeed in ousting the president.
The most serious move so far to seek her impeachment is based on the findings of a federal audits court that said the Rousseff administration doctored government accounts last year to allow more public spending in the run-up to the October election, in violation of Brazil's fiscal responsibility law.
The request accuses the president of signing decrees to authorize public spending behind the back of Congress in an election year.
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Brazil opposition seeks Rousseff impeachment for fiscal crimes
BRASILIA | BY ANTHONY BOADLE
Brazil's opposition parties on Thursday filed a request in Congress to impeach President Dilma Rousseff for breaking fiscal rules by allegedly manipulating government finances to benefit her re-election last year.
The request was backed by some members of Rousseff's main political ally, the fractious PMDB party, Brazil's largest, whose votes would be needed to succeed in ousting the president.
The most serious move so far to seek her impeachment is based on the findings of a federal audits court that said the Rousseff administration doctored government accounts last year to allow more public spending in the run-up to the October election, in violation of Brazil's fiscal responsibility law.
The request accuses the president of signing decrees to authorize public spending behind the back of Congress in an election year.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/17/us-brazil-rousseff-idUSKCN0RH2NL20150917
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