FILE PHOTO: Rio de Janeiro’s Governor Wilson Witzel is seen after a meeting with Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro at the Senate President’s home in Brasilia, Brazil May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A majority of the assembly members of the Rio de Janeiro state legislature voted on Wednesday to start impeachment proceedings against Governor Wilson Witzel for alleged graft.
Witzel faces 14 impeachment motions in the state assembly, the majority based on investigations of suspected overpricing on purchases of ventilators and other medical supplies to fight the COVID-19 outbreak.
Reporting by Rodrigo Viga Gaier; Editing by Chris Reese
