巴西最高法院駁回要求停止彈劾總統程序的申訴

Brazil's Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by President Dilma Rousseff to block the impeachment process against her.

The high court vote early Friday, following a lengthy emergency session that began Thursday, clears the way for a crucial Congressional vote on Rousseff.

With the court ruling, lawmakers in the lower house of Congress are set to vote Sunday on whether to send Rousseff to an impeachment trial. Latest counts indicate the lawmakers are close to the two-thirds majority needed to approve the motion.

If the vote passes Sunday, the Senate will have the authority to open a trial against Rousseff, who is accused of illegal government accounting tricks to boost her re-election chances.

Rousseff denies wrongdoing and has dismissed the impeachment effort as baseless.巴西最高法院駁回了羅塞夫總統要求停止針對自己的彈劾程序的申訴。

巴西最高法院星期四舉行緊急會議，經過長時間討論後，於星期五清晨投票表決，爲議會就彈劾總統提案舉行表決掃清了道路。

最高法院做出裁決後，巴西議會下院將於星期日表決是否將羅塞夫送交彈劾審理。最近的調查結果顯示，議會下院已接近達到批准彈劾提案所需的三分之二多數。

如果星期日議會下院通過彈劾提案的話，參議院將有權啓動針對羅塞夫的彈劾審理。羅塞夫被指非法利用政府財政信息來增加自己當選連任總統的機會。

羅塞夫否認自己有任何不當行爲，並說彈劾是毫無根據的。