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Brazil’s Bolsonaro asks Senate to initiate impeachment proceedings against STF Justice

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday (20) formally asked the Senate to initiate impeachment proceedings against Federal Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.

An official at the Planalto presidential palace was tasked with presenting to the legislative upper house the petition signed by Bolsonaro and Solicitor General Bruno Bianco to initiate impeachment proceedings against de Moraes.

The impeachment request is a new step in the institutional crisis the country is experiencing due to the confrontation between the head of state and members of the country’s highest court, who claim to be trying to curb attacks . . .

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