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Brazil’s president makes final plea to impeachment committee

BRASMLIA, (APP/AFP): Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s
top lawyer will present final arguments before an impeachment committee Monday at the start of a crucial two weeks in the embattled leader’s bid
to stay in power.
Solicitor General Jose Eduardo Cardozo was due to face the
cross-party committee for the last time before it votes on whether to recommend Rousseff face trial for allegedly illegal accounting practices.
The session was expected to start at around 1930 GMT.
The commission recommendation, scheduled for April 11, is non-binding
but will set the tone for a vote soon after in the lower house of Congress on Rousseff’s fate.
Two thirds of the lower chamber, or 342 votes, are needed to send the
case for trial in the Senate.The lower house vote is due to take place April 17, Folha daily reported Sunday.
The schedule gives Rousseff — whose main coalition partner went over
to the opposition last week — just days to lobby for support and save her presidency.