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“The judicial committee opens an impeachment hearing when there is reasonable suspicion the accused willfully or with gross negligence seriously violated his official duties, or otherwise has lost the ability to fulfill them,” Andrea Caroni, the committee chairman, told reporters.

If Lauber is found to have committed a breach, the judicial committee will submit a motion to Swiss parliament to vote on his removal, Caroni said, potentially later this year.

“If we decide to carry out this procedure, we have to do it correctly, beyond reproach, to safeguard our institutions,” Andrea Caroni, chairman of the parliamentary judicial committee, told Reuters.

The official resolution authorizes mining in the Cuchivero, Caura, Aro, Caroni, Yuruari and Cuyuni rivers.

Critics say the Guri Dam on the Caroni River basin has long needed updates and become vulnerable during periods of drought.