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Also known as impeach, impeachment process, ministerial responsibility

thumb|Brazil|Brazilian president [[Dilma Rousseff (left) and South Korean president Park Geun-hye (right) were both impeached and removed from office in 2016 and 2017, respectively.]] Impeachment is a process by which a legislative body or other legally constituted tribunal initiates charges against a public official for misconduct. Impeachment tends to be confined to ministerial officials as the unique nature of their positions may place ministers beyond the reach of the law to prosecute, or their misconduct is not codified into law as an offense except through the unique expectations of thei

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Impeachment is a formal process through which a legislature charges a public official with misconduct and brings them to trial. It matters because it provides a way to hold high-ranking government officials accountable when they abuse their power or violate the public trust.

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