Posted on 12/16/2015 3:05:50 PM PST by NormsRevenge
BrasÃlia (AFP) - Brazil's Supreme Court said it delayed until Thursday the next step in a case that could lead President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment.
The decision, originally scheduled for Wednesday, was postponed after the court ran out of time. "Tomorrow we'll stay as long as necessary," said Chief Justice Ricardo Lewandowski.
The march towards the unpopular president's possible ouster was stalled by Rousseff's allies in Congress, who say that opposition legislators violated the constitution in their rush towards impeachment.
They claim that the commission looking into impeachment illegally insisted on secret votes while picking its members, and that it is stacked with Rousseff opponents.
If the high court agrees, it could tell Congress to re-start the case against Rousseff.
The president stands accused of budgeting maneuvers that she says were long accepted practices by previous governments, but her opponents say is illegal.
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They did not hesitate with Fernando Collor de Mello.
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