Brazil prosecutors ask court to order house speaker to step aside

BRASILIA: Brazilian federal prosecutors on Wednesday said they asked the country’s Supreme Court to order house speaker Eduardo Cunha, whom they previously charged with taking bribes in a massive corruption scandal, to step aside.

Cunha opened impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, and his removal could increase the odds of her finishing her second term.

(Reporting by Eduardo Simoes; Writing by Caroline Stauffer; Editing by Jonathan Oatis)

Reuters