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The heavy margin of defeat in Sunday vote shocked many Workers Party insiders, who blamed treachery by allied parties. The final tally was 367 votes cast in favor of impeachment, versus 137 against, and seven abstentions. Two lawmakers did not show up to vote.
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Senior Workers Party figures have pledged, if necessary, to take their struggle onto the streets, raising concerns that it could seek to destabilize a future Temer government.
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