Lewandowski will now define the next steps in the impeachment process.

With the voting on Antonio Anastasia's (PSDB-MG) report concluded, party leaders will meet later today in the Senate's Noble Hall with the president of the Supreme Court to define the rules for the plenary session in which, on Tuesday (9), the House will deliberate on the committee's opinion; Ricardo Lewandowski must agree with the leaders on the session time, who will speak on the voting process, how many minutes each will speak, and also whether the session will go into the early hours of the morning or be suspended at night, to be resumed the following morning.

August 04, 2016, 16:15 PMUpdated June 29, 2018, 22:45 pm

With the voting on Antonio Anastasia's (PSDB-MG) report concluded, party leaders will meet with the president of the Supreme Court in the Senate's Noble Hall this Thursday to define the rules for the plenary session in which, on Tuesday (9), the House will deliberate on the committee's opinion; Ricardo Lewandowski must agree with the leaders on the session time, who will speak on the voting process, how many minutes each will speak, and also whether the session will go into the early hours of the morning or be suspended at night, to be resumed the following morning (Photo: Gisele Federicce)

Senate and Brazil Agencies - After the voting on the report by Antonio Anastasia (PSDB-MG) ended, party leaders will meet in the Senate's Noble Hall with the president of the Supreme Federal Court, Ricardo Lewandowski, to define the rules for the plenary session in which, on Tuesday (9) - the first one he presides over - the House will deliberate on the opinion of the Special Impeachment Committee.

At the meeting, Lewandowski is expected to agree with the leaders on the session's schedule, who will speak on the voting process, how many minutes each person will speak, and also whether the session will continue into the early hours of the morning or be suspended at night to be resumed the following morning.

The Internal Regulations stipulate that, in this session, the senators' decision will be made by a simple majority, provided an absolute majority of the House is present. If the Plenary decides to proceed with the impeachment process, a final session will still need to be scheduled by the end of the month. Therefore, the votes of a majority of the 81 senators present will be necessary to confirm or reject the decision of the Special Impeachment Committee.

Anticipating an unfavorable outcome for Dilma in the next vote, senators who support the impeachment They are pushing for the process to conclude this month. Lewandowski will only set a date after the pronouncement phase ends next week. The expectation is that the trial will last up to a week. If it reaches the final phase, the minister indicated that he does not intend to hold sessions on weekends.

Defender

Upon leaving the Impeachment Committee this Thursday, defense attorney José Eduardo Cardozo stated that he hopes the next vote, on Tuesday, will not be rushed and that the analysis will take more than a day.

"I hope that the love of haste does not cause the love of justice to give way," he said. Cardozo argued that, starting Tuesday, just as in a jury trial, the prosecution and defense should each have an hour and a half to speak, plus another hour for rebuttal from either side.

According to Cardozo's calculations, this stage alone would take five hours, not counting the senators' speeches. The lawyer added that Dilma Rousseff is not expected to appear before the Senate next week and that he still doesn't know if she will participate in the final trial.