Government defeated in the first battle of the impeachment

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 09 Dec 2015 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

The government was defeated in the first battle of the impeachment. With 272 votes in favor and 199 against, the Floor of the House of Representatives approved an alternate composition of the Special Committee to review the impeachment, proposed by dissidents of the allied base and by members of the opposition. This alternate composition was the response of the opposition and independent congressmen to the behavior of several party leaders, who were choosing pro-government names to integrate the Special Committee, which is responsible for presenting a report on the discontinuation of the ma...

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