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Weekly Report - 30 June 2016 (WR-16-25)
BRAZIL: Rousseff cleared over creative accounting measures
Impeachment may be a political process, but it requires some legal grounding. The case against the suspended president, Dilma Rousseff, sustained a blow earlier this week following the publication of a technical study into whether she was actually guilty of the so-called ‘peddle-pushing’ measures that constitute a ‘crime of responsibility’ under Brazilian law and a justification for her removal from power. In fact, the experts from the court of accounts (TCU) found no direct evidence that Rousseff authorised the transfer of treasury debts onto the books of state-backed banks. Only a handful of federal senators need to be persuaded that Rousseff is innocent for her to return to power. Though this still looks unlikely, the report has given the ousted president a glimmer of hope.
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