THE impeachment trial of BraziPs suspended president Dilma Rousseff has entered its final stage.

The world is watching as she appears before the Senate to defend herself against charges of breaking budget rules.

As I watched her speech to the senate, I was reminded of another impeachment trial from history.

Andrew Johnson, who became America`s 17th president in 1865, after Abraham Lincoln`s assassination, was put on trial for impeachment in 1868 by the Senate. He escaped impeachment by one vote.

When the senator who did not vote was asked the reason for having withheld his vote in such a crucial matter, he replied that the impeachment would have been a disgrace tohis country andthe ofHce ofthe US president.

I hope that the Brazilians will also keep the larger picture in mind while deciding the fate of the embattled presidency of Dilma Rousseff.

Justice( r) Sajjad Ahmed Sipra Lahore