Senate approves impeachment admissibility and Dilma will be removed

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 12 May 2016 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

The Senate has approved the admissibility of the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, with 57 votes in favor, 21 against and one abstention. Four senators did not participate: Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL); Jáder Barbalho (PMDB-PA). Eduardo Braga (PMDB-Amazonas), on medical leave, and Pedro Chaves (PSC - Mato Grosso do Sul), who has not yet taken possession of the mandate substituting Delcídio do Amaral.

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