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Brazil Justice Minister Rejects Audit as Basis for Impeachment

  • Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff

    Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff | Photo: Reuters

Published 4 October 2015
Opinion

The government contends that the auditing case in being politicized.

Brazil’s justice minister said Sunday that the country’s audit court’s expected decision against the government’s 2014 accounting practices is not grounds for impeaching President Dilma Rousseff.

The case has been exploited by the country’s right-wing opposition to push for Rousseff’s impeachment. Rousseff was re-elected in October 2014 after defeating her conservative opponent Aécio Neves by 3 percentage points in a runoff.

Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo told reporters in Brasilia that the government will file a complaint to remove and suspend Augusto Nardes, the auditor responsible for the case with the Federal Accounts Court.

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Attorney General Luis Inacio Adams said Sunday that Nardes’ announcement of his position, reported in various Brazilian media outlets, on the government’s repayment practices prior to the audit court’s Wednesday decision was illegal.

"It is forbidden for a magistrate to express by any means of communication his opinion on a process before it is judged," Adams said.

Rousseff delayed repayments to state-run banks in order to continue funding social programs.

“His opinion causes embarrassment to the court,” Adams added. “He violated the rules.”

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