The impeachment process against Dilma Rousseff, the 36th President of Brazil, began in late 2015 and continued through 2016. An impeachment request against Rousseff was accepted by Eduardo Cunha, then president of the Chamber of Deputies, on 2 December 2015. Rousseff was charged with criminal responsibility in the execution of her duties, including administrative misconduct and disregarding the federal budget in violation of article 85, items V and VI of the Brazilian Constitution and the Fiscal Responsibility Law, article 36. However, a large number of scholars and witnesses during the hearing phase of the process stated that these lapses did not amount to criminal responsibility. In the course of the process, two of the six supplemental budget decrees signed by Rousseff without approval