Motion to Impeach Brazil's Rousseff 'New Type of Coup D'etat' - European MP

© REUTERS / Ueslei MarcelinoLower house members who support the impeachment demonstrate during a session to review the request for Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment, at the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia, Brazil April 15, 2016
Lower house members who support the impeachment demonstrate during a session to review the request for Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment, at the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia, Brazil April 15, 2016 - Sputnik International
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The ongoing campaign to impeach Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is a "new type of a coup’d etat" and an attack on separation of powers in the country, a member of the European Parliament told Sputnik.

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"This is a new type of a coup d’etat which exploits legal sophistry," Javier Couso said.

According to Couso, this is an "attack on the separation of powers in Brazil."

"Most of the lawmakers who support impeachment of Dilma are being investigated for crimes," the parliamentarian stressed.

The Brazilian president has been facing a wave of public discontent for over a year amid the country’s struggling economy and a major corruption scandal in the state-owned Petrobras petroleum company.

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