The largest party in Brazil’s lower house of Congress re-elected a pro-government leader, strengthening President Dilma Rousseff’s hand in fending off impeachment.
In a 37 to 30 vote Wednesday, deputies of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, or PMDB, re-elected Congressman Leonardo Picciani, who has spoken out against efforts to remove Rousseff from office on charges she broke the budget law. He defeated Hugo Motta, who was backed by fellow party member and lower house chief Eduardo Cunha, one of the president’s most outspoken critics and a protagonist in the impeachment process.
Picciani reiterated his opposition to Rousseff’s ouster after Wednesday’s vote. He said Brazilians know she committed no crime, which “makes impeachment lose strength.”
Brazil Energy Insight 
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