The impeachment case that was filed against President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil was criticized by the country's attorney general who sees the case as unconstitutional and politically motivated.
Jose Eduardo Cardozo said in front of the house of congress that the law only allows impeachment under a very limited circumstance. He added that the president hadn't committed any serious crime for her to be under the clause of impeachment. She is only facing a violation of fiscal laws which is related to the budget gap as per ABC News.
Brazil is going through a lot right now. For one, the country is experiencing the worst recession in more than a decade while the senate court is investigating the corruption case related to the Petrobras oil company. On the other hand, their is also a widespread outbreak of Zika virus and not to mention, the upcoming Olympic Games that will be held in Rio de Janeiro.
Cardozo is keen in saying that the impeachment against the president is just a retaliation from her former political foes which is particularly headed by lower house speaker Eduardo Cunha. According to The Wall Street Journal, Cunha also has a case against him. He was charged with money laundering and corruption which is related to the Petrobras investigation and alleged of getting millions in bribe money from the contractors of the oil firm.
Cardozo also reiterated that Speaker Cunha used his power to start the impeachment campaign against Rousseff because the latter didn't support the former's left-leaning Worker's Party in the ethics committee proceedings. Cardozo also believed that the impeachment proceedings will break the constitution apart in which he believes is unfounded from the very beginning.
As reported by Reuters, if the impeachment will pass the lower house, President Rousseff will be suspended for up to six months while the trial is ongoing. Her suspension will make way for Vice President Michel Temer to be the acting president.
Rousseff, on the other hand, needs to secure 172 votes out of the 513 in order to stop the impeachment process; but if she fails to get the number, then all the odds might be against her since Brazil's largest party had pulled out its coalition against her government.
