Brazil’s President Rousseff urged Congress on Monday to cancel its summer recess in January and deal swiftly with a request for her impeachment to nip in the bud an attempt to unseat her that she called undemocratic and legally flawed.
Rousseff’s opponents are seeking to impeach her for allegedly breaking budget laws as she ramped up economic stimulus during her re-election campaign last year.
Their request was taken up last week in the lower house of Congress, which was expected to name a 65-member committee later on Monday to report whether she committed an impeachable offense.
Rousseff’s aides have said she has enough votes to block impeachment in the lower house, but that could change as her opponents whip up anti-government sentiment.
An early vote before Brazilians get back from their January holidays may favor Rousseff, since the pro-impeachment campaign could gain momentum as a plunging economy is expected to worsen early next year, feeding unemployment and inflation.
Brazil Energy Insight 
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