Brazil: impeachment step-by-step

The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff is on a political knife edge. There is the very real threat she could be voted out of office. But she is in combative mood and will not give up the fight for her political future. On Tuesday without mentioning him by name she pointed the finger at her deputy.

“Even before the vote on an inconsistent request of impeachment, an audio message was distributed where one of the leaders of the conspiracy took on the position as President of the Republic,” she told her supporters.

Michel Temer who has been vice-president since Rousseff’s first term. He is one of the leaders of the PMDP the president’s former main coalition ally. His party voted to leave the coalition weeks ago.

He has made no secret he is ready to take on the presidency, saying “if destiny takes me to that position…I will be ready.” He denied plotting against Rousseff which she has called, “a coup.”

The week started badly for the president. A committee of 65 delegates voted by 38