And the street fights have started
Today’s press reported that while there seem to be enough votes in the Special Senate Commission to forward the document from the Lower Chamber for an impeachment trial. There still a number of votes for impeachment not committed for impeachment in the plenary. Needed are 54 votes for impeachment and only some 48 Senators have indicated favoring permanent removal of Dilma Rousseff. Three have indicated “undecided”, 9 did not respond, and 20 are against. So it’s close but no cigar for the time being.
As I noted in previous posts, Dilma could still “walk”. If she gets back in office, she will have virtually NO power in the legislature given the voting patterns in both the lower chamber and possibly in the Senate. That means that whatever changes Temer could impose during Dilma’s trial in the Senate that might depend on the legislature to reverse, would simply remain in place and clearly be ignored by Dilma upon return.
That would actually be worse that if she had never stood trial in the first place. By the time she might manage to construct a new alliance, her term might be close to over.
Nevertheless, she will have successfully held the presidency for Lula to run in 2018, blame everything on Dilma and then promise to fix it all. And that was her real job all along!
On another matter, the press reported street confrontations between Dilma supporters and those demanding her impeachment. Violence and some pushing and shoving occurred and suggest greater violence going forward as the odds move against Dilma in her trial.
Watch this closely!!
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