Temer, a former vice president, will serve out the remainder of Rousseff’s term through 2018. “Out of 204 million Brazilians, I don’t think it means much”, media outlets quoted Temer as saying.
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An organization of riot police unexpectedly determined to change course. In order to remove me from office, I was sentenced to a political death penalty, the worst that a Brazilian person can go through. “I’m going to oppose this government”, she said.
My forearm swelled up and turned purple. The phone I was using fell to the earth and the display was broken. Luckily, the blow I took to the chest was cushioned by the vest I was wearing. I wore a helmet and gas mask – for covering demonstrations complying with internal BBC rules.
The Secretariat of Public Security of Sao Paulo said that “the facts narrated by the reporter will be investigated and the journalist should file a police report”.
Brazil’s former President Dilma Rousseff was voted out by the Senate on Wednesday after being charged with illegally manipulating government accounts in connection with the country’s energy giant, Petrobras.
It put an end to the 13 years in power of her left-wing Workers’ Party.
Mr Temer was the vice-president under Ms Rousseff and under her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (known as Lula).
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) – Former President Dilma Rousseff on Friday slammed the process that led to her ouster this week, promising to provide a strong opposition voice to the new government.
The demonstration was held in the late afternoon so as not to interfere with the passing of the torch from the Paralympic Games, a Rio event due to start within three days – where another 2,000 people had demonstrated.
Earlier on Sunday, people gathered on the Copacabana promenade in Rio de Janeiro to demand Mr Temer’s removal and call for new elections.
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By a vote of 61-20, senators found Rousseff guilty of bypassing Congress to alter budgets by decree and taking too long to reimburse state-controlled banks for funds used to pay for government programs, a delay that her opponents say amounted to taking out illegal loans from those institutions.
