BRASILIA, Brazil, May 12 (UPI) — The Brazilian Senate on Thursday voted to proceed with an impeachment trial for President Dilma Rousseff, who was also suspended for 180 days.
The Senate voted 55 to 22 after an all-night session that lasted more than 20 hours on whether Rousseff should undergo a proper impeachment trial over corruption accusations. She is accused of manipulating finances in to hide a growing public deficit during her re-election campaign in 2014.
Vice President Michel Temer, a 75-year-old law professor of Lebanese origins, was named Brazil’s interim president after Rousseff’s suspension.
Rousseff has fiercely denied corruption accusations, alleging those who wish to remove her are staging a “coup.”
She could miss out on participating in the Summer Olympic Games beginning in August, as her suspension could extend until November. She worked to bring the Olympics to Brazil since the start of the bidding process.
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