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| Dilma Rousseff impeachment: majority of senate say they will vote to suspend president - live | Dilma Rousseff impeachment: majority of senate say they will vote to suspend president - live |
| (35 minutes later) | |
| 8.51am BST | |
| 08:51 | |
| Senator Cássio Cunha Lima tweets that he now expects the vote to take place at 7am local time (11am BST/8pm AEST/6am EDT) – more than 20 hours after the senate session started: | |
| A sessão prossegue. Creio que a votação ocorrerá após às 7h. https://t.co/EgVzPlzGub | |
| 8.47am BST | |
| 08:47 | |
| Latest tally of how senators have declared they will vote: | |
| 8.41am BST | |
| 08:41 | |
| Senator Humberto Costa, of Rousseff’s Workers’ party, speaks now. | |
| He says the impeachment is a means for those defeated in the 2014 general election to get their hands on power, usurping the votes of regular Brazilians. | |
| The president is not a criminal, he tells the senate, waving a photograph of a younger Rousseff. | |
| Updated | |
| at 8.41am BST | |
| 8.23am BST | 8.23am BST |
| 08:23 | 08:23 |
| Senator José Serra is up now. He’s likely to become a minister if/when Temer steps up to the presidency. Serra tells the senate that to continue with Rousseff as president would be a bigger tragedy than impeachment. | Senator José Serra is up now. He’s likely to become a minister if/when Temer steps up to the presidency. Serra tells the senate that to continue with Rousseff as president would be a bigger tragedy than impeachment. |
| Impeachment isn’t an exceptional event, he says, but a constitutional solution: | Impeachment isn’t an exceptional event, he says, but a constitutional solution: |
| Senador @joseserra_: "O impeachment não é uma medida de exceção. É uma solução constitucional." | Senador @joseserra_: "O impeachment não é uma medida de exceção. É uma solução constitucional." |
| 8.14am BST | 8.14am BST |
| 08:14 | 08:14 |
| The 62nd senator to speak, Walter Pinheiro, is now at the lectern. | The 62nd senator to speak, Walter Pinheiro, is now at the lectern. |
| Some 71 senators are due to make speeches ahead of the vote. At 15 minutes each – the limit – we would still be more than two hours away from a formal result. | Some 71 senators are due to make speeches ahead of the vote. At 15 minutes each – the limit – we would still be more than two hours away from a formal result. |
| 8.09am BST | 8.09am BST |
| 08:09 | 08:09 |
| Why is this happening? | Why is this happening? |
| For those joining our coverage 18 hours into the senate session (this is not a joke), here’s a helpful recap via Reuters: | For those joining our coverage 18 hours into the senate session (this is not a joke), here’s a helpful recap via Reuters: |
| President Dilma Rousseff, who has been in office since 2011, has seen her popularity crushed by Brazil’s worst recession since the 1930s and a two-year probe into a vast kickback scheme at state-run oil company Petrobras. | President Dilma Rousseff, who has been in office since 2011, has seen her popularity crushed by Brazil’s worst recession since the 1930s and a two-year probe into a vast kickback scheme at state-run oil company Petrobras. |
| Rousseff was chairwoman of Petrobras when much of the graft occurred, but she has not been accused of corruption. | Rousseff was chairwoman of Petrobras when much of the graft occurred, but she has not been accused of corruption. |
| She stands charged with manipulating government accounts to disguise the size of Brazil’s fiscal deficit to allow her to boost public spending during her 2014 re-election campaign, a practice also employed by previous presidents. | She stands charged with manipulating government accounts to disguise the size of Brazil’s fiscal deficit to allow her to boost public spending during her 2014 re-election campaign, a practice also employed by previous presidents. |
| The political crisis has deepened Brazil’s recession and comes at a time when Brazil hoped to be shining on the world stage as it prepares to host the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in August. | The political crisis has deepened Brazil’s recession and comes at a time when Brazil hoped to be shining on the world stage as it prepares to host the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in August. |
| Opposition senators blamed Rousseff for running into the ground an economy now considered the worst performing among major developing nations, pursuing what they called populist policies that led to high inflation, recession and unemployment. | Opposition senators blamed Rousseff for running into the ground an economy now considered the worst performing among major developing nations, pursuing what they called populist policies that led to high inflation, recession and unemployment. |
| Rousseff has denied committing any crime that warrants impeachment charges. She has called her impeachment a coup and vowed to fight the process until the last minute. | Rousseff has denied committing any crime that warrants impeachment charges. She has called her impeachment a coup and vowed to fight the process until the last minute. |
| 7.48am BST | 7.48am BST |
| 07:48 | 07:48 |
| Jonathan Watts | Jonathan Watts |
| I’m resurfacing this eye-opening read from the Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Jon Watts, which spells out the rocky road ahead: | I’m resurfacing this eye-opening read from the Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Jon Watts, which spells out the rocky road ahead: |
| If the suspension of Rousseff goes ahead – as it now looks set to – the presidential line of succession will have been decimated in the past week, with possibly more to come. | If the suspension of Rousseff goes ahead – as it now looks set to – the presidential line of succession will have been decimated in the past week, with possibly more to come. |
| Normally, this is how it looks: | Normally, this is how it looks: |
| But here’s the situation today: | But here’s the situation today: |
| In conclusion: two of the five are likely to be suspended by Thursday, another two are under investigation, and the final potential successor is an unelected judge who is about to be replaced. | In conclusion: two of the five are likely to be suspended by Thursday, another two are under investigation, and the final potential successor is an unelected judge who is about to be replaced. |
| I’d guess the odds on Lucia, who is not even in the frame right now, becoming president by the end of the year might be shorter than those last August for Leicester winning the Premiership. | I’d guess the odds on Lucia, who is not even in the frame right now, becoming president by the end of the year might be shorter than those last August for Leicester winning the Premiership. |
| 7.37am BST | 7.37am BST |
| 07:37 | 07:37 |
| What happens next? | What happens next? |
| Senators must still vote formally on the move to impeach Rousseff. | Senators must still vote formally on the move to impeach Rousseff. |
| Thursday | Thursday |
| Within 180 days | Within 180 days |
| 7.21am BST | 7.21am BST |
| 07:21 | 07:21 |
| Majority of senators say they will vote for impeachment | Majority of senators say they will vote for impeachment |
| Senator Blairo Maggi is the 58th senator to speak and the 41st to declare he will vote in favour of impeachment. | Senator Blairo Maggi is the 58th senator to speak and the 41st to declare he will vote in favour of impeachment. |
| Assuming senators vote later as they have said they will, Dilma Rousseff will be suspended from office for 180 days while congress decides if she will be permanently ousted. | Assuming senators vote later as they have said they will, Dilma Rousseff will be suspended from office for 180 days while congress decides if she will be permanently ousted. |
| Bancada petista assiste a discurso de Blairo, o 41 pelo afastamento de Dilma. pic.twitter.com/ByTKUwCBaz | Bancada petista assiste a discurso de Blairo, o 41 pelo afastamento de Dilma. pic.twitter.com/ByTKUwCBaz |
| 7.14am BST | 7.14am BST |
| 07:14 | 07:14 |
| Brazilian TV network Globo reports that three senators are not expected to vote today. | Brazilian TV network Globo reports that three senators are not expected to vote today. |
| Two – Eduardo Braga and Jader Barbalho – are on sick leave, it says, and another, Pedro Chaves dos Santos, has not yet taken office. | Two – Eduardo Braga and Jader Barbalho – are on sick leave, it says, and another, Pedro Chaves dos Santos, has not yet taken office. |
| This would leave 78 senators available to vote on the impeachment process – in which case, the 40 senators who have so far said they will vote in favour would be enough to secure Rousseff’s suspension. | This would leave 78 senators available to vote on the impeachment process – in which case, the 40 senators who have so far said they will vote in favour would be enough to secure Rousseff’s suspension. |
| 7.07am BST | 7.07am BST |
| 07:07 | 07:07 |
| Forty senators have now declared that they intend to vote for the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff. | Forty senators have now declared that they intend to vote for the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff. |
| In a full senate of 81, just one more vote would be needed to secure her suspension. Not all senators have attended the session so far. | In a full senate of 81, just one more vote would be needed to secure her suspension. Not all senators have attended the session so far. |