Adriana Franzin
Reporter Agência Brasil

Brasília – In comments made to the press in Guatemala City at a regional summit yesterday, president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva declared that the formal motion to expel (pedido de cassação) the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Severino Cavalcanti (PP-PE), should be treated like any other expulsion motion involving any other deputy.

"He should get the same treatment as other deputies. There is an accusation against him. He denies the accusation. Let the Congress investigate and only then decide," said the president.

Translator: Allen Bennett