Motion of impeachment
DA files application to intervene in EFF's case to impeach Zuma
The DA has filed a Constitutional Court application to intervene in the EFF’s impeachment case against President Jacob Zuma.
If Temer is removed from office, lower House Speaker Rodrigo Maia would take over and Congress would have 30 days to pick a caretaker.
Party officials said on Monday the PSDB would wait until the Supreme Court rules on whether to continue an investigation of Temer.
The party has on a number of occasions tabled the motion before Parliament without success.
Profile of South Korean president Park Geun-Hye, whose impeachment in December was upheld by the country's top court on Friday.
Park becomes South Korea’s first democratically elected leader to be forced from office.
The special prosecutor’s office will hold a briefing at 1030 local time to comment on the decision not to extend the probe.
Park, 64, is accused of colluding with long-time friend Choi Soon-sil, who has been indicted and is in custody.
Members of parliament voted by secret ballot with 234 in favour and 56 opposed.
The impeachment of Rousseff has paralysed Brazilian politics since the start of the year.
The leftist leader says the move is meant to limit her ability to move around the country.
Professor Lyal White & 702’s John Robbie discuss the latest developments around Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment.
Brazil's Supreme Court rejected requests on Monday to overturn the annulment.
Temer could be leading Brazil in a matter of weeks if, as expected, the Senate suspends Dilma Rousseff.
The Arts and Culture Minister says there is only one ruling party & it respects the Constitution.
She would be replaced by Vice President Michel Temer as acting president until 2018 if she is found guilty.
If the Senate agrees to go ahead with the impeachment Rousseff would be suspended from her post.
Brazil's lower house of Congress will decide today whether to recommend impeaching President Dilma Rousseff.
Pro-impeachment lawmakers chanted "Dilma Out" in the lower house of Brazil's Congress yesterday.