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Rousseff's reelection campaign alleged irregularities, investigated by federal police
The probe opened on 7 Oct, on a decision by Superior Electoral Court Justice Gilmar Mendes Brazil's federal police have opened a preliminary investigation into alleged irregularities in President Dilma Rousseff's re-election campaign last year. According to the media office of the federal police, the probe was opened on 7 October, following a decision by Justice Gilmar Mendes from the Superior Electoral Court to look into allegations of wrongdoing by the Rousseff campaign.
Mendes, also a justice at Brazil's top court, recently asked prosecutors to investigate the campaign. Rousseff's office declined to comment on the probe.
The electoral court, known as TSE, voted 5 to 2 on the decision last week. An investigation aims to find out whether Rousseff and her running mate, Vice President Michel Temer, abused their power while in office to run the campaign and whether illegal money was used as funding.
The opening of the police probe could add fuel to opposition attempts in Congress to impeach Rousseff. Those efforts lost traction earlier in the week after Rousseff and Lower House Speaker Eduardo Cunha forged an uneasy truce as both face the risk of being ousted from office.
If found guilty, Rousseff's victory last October could be invalidated, though the judicial case is expected to last for months if not years and can be appealed to the Supreme Court.
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Conqueror
Oct 18th, 2015 - 05:58 pm 0Oh the bitch is in a death spiral. You reap what you sow. Finally a happy ending for a tale of deceit.
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Oct 18th, 2015 - 10:20 pm 0It all started to go bad for her last year.
The World Cup overspending and construction fiascos, Brazil and SA losing to Germany and Europe for the Cup - I got so much joy out of seeing her sour face she couldn't conceal from the world when Germsny was announced the winner!!
She was counting on the joyous accolades from a SA football dominance - instead, a great let down for the people!
She's being held to account now for everything. Even her mentor, Lula, has abandoned her and in fact, thrown her under the bus, in order to distance himself.
Let them scratch each other's eyes out.... :-)
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