A key member of Brazil’s Congressional budget committee has recommended the approval of the 2014 accounts of President Dilma Rousseff’s government, which could undermine her opponents’ case for impeaching her.
Senator Acir Gurgacz, who is charged with reporting to the committee on a ruling by Brazil’s Federal Audit Court that the Rousseff administration broke the law by disguising spending last year, said he recommends approving the 2014 accounts.
Rousseff’s opponents are seeking to impeach her alleging that she broke Brazil’s budget law by resorting to accounting tricks to hide greater public spending aimed at boosting the economy during her re-election campaign last year.
Rousseff’s governing coalition has a majority of the seats on the committee, which is expected to follow Gurgacz’s lead.
Should the committee vote in favor of his view and approve the 2014 government accounts, the impeachment process begun Dec 2 in the lower house of Congress will lose its grounds for seeking Rousseff’s removal.
Brazil Energy Insight 
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