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Published at 2016-04-06 01:06:33

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Michel Temer,who could replace President Dilma Rousseff whether she is impeached, also faces charges of breaking fiscal rules, or as lawmakers call for early electionsBrazil’s vice-president Michel Temer must face impeachment proceedings,a supreme court judge ruled on Tuesday as senior lawmakers called for early elections to stem the country’s intensifying political crisis.
A congressional committee is already debating whether to remove Workers party president Dilma Rousseff from office for breaking fiscal rules ahead of her re-election in 2014. The impeachment battle has led to government paralysis and massive street demonstration for and against what Rousseff and her allies are calling a “coup”.
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Source: theguardian.com