对巴西总统迪尔玛•罗塞夫(Dilma Rousseff，见上图)的弹劾昨日陷入窘境，原因是国会众议院代议长宣布弹劾进程中的一项关键表决无效。
The impeachment of Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff was thrown into confusion yesterday after the acting head of the lower house of Congress said he was annulling a critical vote in the process.
巴西众议院代议长瓦尔迪尔•马拉尼昂(Waldir Maranhão)表示，4月17日那场漫长的表决——众议院以压倒性多数通过对罗塞夫总统的弹劾案——包含程序性违规行为，将被取消，并重新进行投票，但并未给出具体日期。
The Speaker, Waldir Maranhão, said a marathon vote on April 17, in which a landslide majority of the lower house had supported the impeachment, had contained procedural irregularities and would be cancelled and held again without giving a specific date.
众议院代议长做出该决定之际，参议院正准备于明天对此次弹劾进行表决，如果该动议如预期那样获得参议院多数支持，罗塞夫将可能遭到停职，并正式开始接受政治审判。
The move came as the Senate was preparing to vote on the process tomorrow in a move that could lead to the suspension of Ms Rousseff and the beginning of her formal political trial if a majority as expected supported the motion.
马拉尼昂这一出人意料的决定给此次弹劾进程增加了新的不确定性，市场本来预期，此次弹劾最早将于本周产生一个由现任副总统米歇尔•特梅尔(Michel Temer)领导的亲市场的新政府。
The surprise decision by Mr Maranhão has thrown new uncertainty into the impeachment process, which markets had hoped would lead to a new market-friendly government led by Ms Rousseff’s vice-president, Michel Temer, as early as this week.
如果参议院表决支持以总统在执行财政预算中犯下“渎职罪”为由对她进行弹劾，特梅尔将立即组建新内阁，包括任命重量级人物、前巴西央行行长恩里克•梅雷莱斯(Henrique Meirelles)出任财政部长。
If the Senate voted for the impeachment of the president for budgetary crimes, Mr Temer was expected to enter immediately with a new cabinet including the appointment of a heavyweight finance minister, former central bank governor Henrique Meirelles.
众议院代议长的决定传出后，巴西雷亚尔对美元下跌近4%，随后部分回升，午盘时分左右跌幅降至1.77%、汇率约为1美元兑3.5638巴西雷亚尔。
Brazil’s real weakened nearly 4 per cent against the dollar on the news of the acting house Speaker’s decision before recovering some lost ground to trade down 1.77 per cent at R$3.5638 around midday.
“这是一个非常遗憾的时刻。将要发生的事情让我害怕。”巴西律师公会(OAB)圣保罗分会会长马科斯•达科斯塔(Marcos da Costa)说，“这是一个正在影响巴西日常生活、让经济陷入瘫痪的政治游戏。”
“This is a very sad moment, I’m afraid for what will happen,” said Marcos da Costa, president of the Brazilian bar association, OAB in São Paulo. “This is a political game that is affecting everyday life in Brazil and paralysing the economy.”
参议院弹劾总统特别委员会主席雷蒙多•利拉(Raimundo Lira)表示，参议院明日将按计划启动表决。
The head of the Senate’s commission on impeachment, Raimundo Lira, said the Senate vote would go ahead as scheduled tomorrow.