Impeachment request against Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) reaches 129 signatures and sets a historical record.
‼️ This number surpasses the one registered in the impeachment request of former President Dilma Rousseff, which had 124 signatories in 2016. At the end of the process, the former president had her mandate revoked.
➡️ The crisis in Lula's government began after the president compared Israel's offensive in the #Gaza Strip to the Holocaust. He made the statement on Sunday, the 18th, during a press conference in #Ethiopia.
💬 According to lawmakers, the president's statement constitutes a crime of responsibility, in accordance with Article 5 of Law 1.079/1950, which establishes the following:
