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Brazilian Parliament Votes to Unseat Ex-Speaker Behind Rousseff Impeachment

© REUTERS / Ueslei MarcelinoCongressmen demonstrate against President of the Chamber of Deputies Cunha during a session to review the request for Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment, at the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia, Brazil April 16, 2016
Congressmen demonstrate against President of the Chamber of Deputies Cunha during a session to review the request for Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment, at the Chamber of Deputies in Brasilia, Brazil April 16, 2016 - Sputnik International
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Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the parliament, said Tuesday it voted to strip ex-speaker Eduardo Cunha of his seat on accusations of lying in the ongoing corruption probe.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The vote was passed late Monday by 450 to 10 with nine abstentions, the Chamber said in a publication. Cuhna has been barred from being reelected until 2026.

The 57-year-old, who has been an ally of incumbent President Michel Temer, accused the parliament of attacking him for his role in the impeachment process of ex-President Dilma Rousseff.

"Does anyone have any doubt that if I hadn’t acted there would have been no impeachment? I am paying the price for giving continuity to the process," he was quoted as saying.

A huge corruption scheme was uncovered in Brazil’s state-run energy company Petrobras in in 2014, triggering a large-scale inquiry and discontent with President Rousseff who headed the company in 2003-2010.

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