All you need to Know about Dilma Rouseff Impeachment
Brazil President Dilma Rousseff was unprotected of the Country’s presidency Wednesday in a committee accusation vote ending 13 years of leftist rule in Latin America’s biggest economy. Continue reading this article for more updates reguarding Brazil’s Senate votes to permanently remove President Dilma Rousseff
The 68 years old Dilma Rousseff was condemned by 61 of the 81 legislators of for illegally deploying the national budget. Two-thirds of the majority of people votes meant she was immediately removed from office.
Pro-Impeachment representatives burst into a rendering of the national anthem. Some were waving Brazilian flags, while followers of Dilma Rousseff stood stone-faced. However, Brazil’s Senate female president holed up in the presidential palace on the outskirts of the capital Brasilia with close aides was expected to make a statement soon after the vote.
Dilma’s vice president and her political enemy Michel Temer will be sworn after her replacement at about 3:00 pm.
The veteran politician whom Rousseff accuses of using the summons process to mount a coup was then leaving for a G20 Summit in China. Nearly 50 Leftist demonstrators gathered outside the presidential palace to show their support.
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61-year-old farmer Orlando Ribeiro said that “We are protesting against the coup and fighting for Democracy.” However in the center of Capital, extra security and the closing off avenues near the assembly caused massive traffic jams.