Brazil Impeachment: Rousseff appeals to Supreme Court
Fri Sep 02, 2016 05:44:pm World
2.8K By Buchi Obichie
Brazil's ousted first female President, Dilma Rousseff, has appealed to the Supreme Court to overturn the Senate's decision to remove her from office for breaking budgetary rules.
Rousseff was impeached on Wednesday after Brazil's Senate voted 61-20 to remove her from office.
She was replaced by her former Vice President-turned-rival, Michel Temer, who was sworn in the same day, and would now hold office as President for the remainder of her term through 2018.
Ms Rousseff's lawyer, Jose Eduardo Cardozo, sought the injunction on grounds that lawyers for her accusers had made changes to their case that violated the right to due process, after they argued the President should also be judged for an economic crisis and sprawling corruption scandal in Brazil.
Mr Temer would return to being interim President while the Senate trial would be repeated, in the unlikely event that Rousseff's injunction is approved by the Supreme Court.
So far, all requests made by Ms Rousseff's defence on the merits of the impeachment process against her have been rejected by the Supreme Court, whose Chief Justice, Ricardo Lewandowski, presided over her impeachment trial.
Rousseff was impeached on Wednesday after Brazil's Senate voted 61-20 to remove her from office.
She was replaced by her former Vice President-turned-rival, Michel Temer, who was sworn in the same day, and would now hold office as President for the remainder of her term through 2018.
Ms Rousseff's lawyer, Jose Eduardo Cardozo, sought the injunction on grounds that lawyers for her accusers had made changes to their case that violated the right to due process, after they argued the President should also be judged for an economic crisis and sprawling corruption scandal in Brazil.
Mr Temer would return to being interim President while the Senate trial would be repeated, in the unlikely event that Rousseff's injunction is approved by the Supreme Court.
So far, all requests made by Ms Rousseff's defence on the merits of the impeachment process against her have been rejected by the Supreme Court, whose Chief Justice, Ricardo Lewandowski, presided over her impeachment trial.
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