Legislators are gearing up to revive Brazil’s stalled impeachment process as early as this week after millions of people on Sunday demanded the ouster of President Dilma Rousseff.
Lower house speaker Eduardo Cunha said he would call for the creation of a congressional committee tasked with issuing a recommendation on impeachment the day after the Supreme Court issues new guidelines on the process. The top court is expected to make its decision on Wednesday.
“I’ll move the process along quickly once the rules are clarified,” Cunha wrote in a text message, adding that he could even call a meeting for Friday. That would be an unusual move in a parliament that’s usually only in session from Tuesday through Thursday.
Support for Rousseff began crumbling in Congress in recent weeks after fresh allegations drew her Workers’ Party deeper into a two-year corruption scandal over kickbacks at state-run oil company Petrobras. Nationwide protests on Sunday, the largest on record, are likely to prompt more legislators to reconsider their support for Rousseff, potentially speeding up her ouster, said political analyst Ricardo Ribeiro.
Brazil Energy Insight 
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