Brazil lawmakers relaunch Rousseff impeachment proceedings

March 18, 2016 04:29

Brazil's lower house of Congress launched a committee on Thursday to consider impeaching President Dilma Rousseff over accusations she manipulated the government's accounts to boost public spending during her 2014 re-election campaign.

In the latest bad news for the leftist leader -- who earlier saw her appointment of embattled predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as her chief of staff blocked by a court ruling -- lawmakers created a 65-member committee tasked with recommending whether to impeach Rousseff in the full513-member chamber.

The final decision would then fall to the Senate.AFP

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