Rousseff impeachment vote to go ahead, says Brazil Senate leader
A Senate impeachment vote on Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will go ahead this week as planned, the upper house leader said Monday, rejecting an attempt by the lower house speaker to halt the process.
Senate president Renan Calheiros said in a special session that he would ignore an order by Speaker Waldir Maranhao to send the whole procedure back to square one. Rousseff faces being suspended from office in the vote starting Wednesday.