Brazil’s lower house speaker Eduardo Cunha will postpone until next year his decision whether to accept the opposition’s leading impeachment request against President Dilma Rousseff, Congressman Darcisio Perondi said.
Cunha discussed the new timeframe in a talk with lawmakers, said Perondi, a member of the speaker’s PMDB party. Cunha’s press office didn’t immediately respond to a call and text message seeking comment.
As leader of the lower house, Cunha alone can accept an impeachment request against the president. He said as recently as Tuesday that he could decide on the main plea this month. If he accepts, that would open a protracted process in Congress that ultimately may result in Rousseff’s removal from office.
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