Dilma Rousseff Not Barred from Public Office Despite Impeachment
File image of Dilma Rouseff
Braslia: Brazil's Senate on Wednesday voted not to bar Dilma Rousseff from holding public office in the future despite stripping her of the presidency at her impeachment trial.
After the vote to impeach her, senators in a second vote fell short of the two-thirds majority required to bar her from office for eight years, with just 42 of the 81 members backing the move.
Earlier, Brazil's Senate removed President Dilma Rousseff from office on Wednesday for breaking budgetary laws, in an impeachment process that has polarized the Latin American country and paralyzed its politics for nine months.
Senators voted 61-20 to convict Rousseff for illegally using money from state banks to boost public spending.
