Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Brazil president defiant after impeachment vote, won’t quit - The Washington Post

Brazil president defiant after impeachment vote, won’t quit - The Washington Post: "BRASILIA, Brazil — Expressing outrage over the congressional vote to open impeachment proceedings against her, President Dilma Rousseff says she will not resign and vows to keep fighting the forces arrayed against her.

The defiant comments came at a Monday news conference at the presidential palace, which was Rousseff’s first public appearance since the Chamber of Deputies voted 367-137 the previous night to send the impeachment proceedings to the Senate for a possible trial of Brazil’s first female president.

The proceedings against Rousseff are based on accusations that her administration used illegal accounting tricks that allowed government spending to shore up flagging support before elections.

Rousseff has said previous presidents used such fiscal maneuvers without repercussions and calls the accusations against her an act of “violence against democracy.” She says the claims against her are really a flimsy cover for Brazil’s traditional ruling elite to grab power back from her left-leaning Workers’ Party, which has governed for 13 years."



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