The head of Brazil's Senate Renan Calheiros announced that Wednesday's impeachment vote against President Dilma Rousseff will proceed despite acting leader of the lower house Waldir Maranhao moving to annul the chamber's April 17 impeachment vote citing voting irregularities.

An affirmative vote to impeach by the lower house is required before the Senate can consider the matter. The annulment by the lower house calls into question the constitutionality of the Senate's upcoming vote, but Calheiros argues that the lower chamber's vote could not be annulled once the issue was moved to the Senate.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff may have awaken Monday morning to an extended political life after the acting speaker of Brazil’s lower house of Congress annulled the impeachment process, ending what many consider to have been a coup attempt.

(Sputnik)