Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff on Monday stepped up efforts to protect her mandate as legislators choose members of a committee that will recommend whether to impeach her.
The full lower house of Congress is scheduled to vote Monday evening whether to accept the 65 members of the committee who are nominated by party leaders. The committee will hear Rousseff’s defense and make a recommendation whether the full house should back accusations against her and allow the Senate to try her on charges she broke Brazil’s fiscal law. She denies wrongdoing.
While the ruling coalition on paper has a majority in the lower house, many lawmakers in allied parties have opposed her this year. At stake in Monday’s vote is how many pro-government legislators will be elected to the committee, whose composition may become a barometer of support for Rousseff. The committee’s findings are not binding but could sway enough lawmakers to make a difference when the full house decides.
Brazil Energy Insight 
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