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Brazil lawmakers vote to try Rousseff before full Senate

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A demonstrator shouts slogans against suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff during a protest demanding her impeachment, on Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, July 31, 2016. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian senators have taken the latest step in the impeachment process against suspended President Dilma Rousseff.

A Senate commission Thursday voted 14-5 to send the matter back to the full body for a vote by all 81 senators next week.

Rousseff will be tried on fiscal charges if the Senate agrees by a simple majority. The Supreme Court’s chief justice will decide what day the trial will begin.

The senate will determine after the trial if Rousseff broke fiscal laws.

Fifty-four senators — two-thirds of the body — must agree to permanently unseat the unpopular politician. That would allow interim President Michel Temer to remain in office until the end of 2018.

Rousseff will return to the presidency she left in May if two-thirds of senators find her not guilty.

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