25 de agosto de 2016, 09:17Brasilia, Aug 25 (Prensa Latina) The Federal Senate of Brazil will meet, starting today, thus becoming the judicial body that will implement the final stage of the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, who was accused of an alleged offense of liability.
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President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment trial is only one of the major issues facing Brazil that the 2016 Rio Olympics provided a brief break from-there’s also the rampant poverty, widespread violence, a Zika outbreak, and government corruption.
A study carried out by Globo has claimed that 52 are now planning to vote against her, with only 19 supporting her and 10 yet to decide.
The Brazilian Senate voted a week ago to hold an impeachment trial for Rousseff.
Many senators can barely disguise their eagerness to finish Rousseff off – and inflict lasting damage on the once mighty Workers’ Party.
She said economic powers are trying to implement neoliberal policies to privatize “everything they can” and submit Brazilian sovereignty to the big capitals.
Ms Rousseff, who was tortured and imprisoned by the 1970s dictatorship for membership in a Marxist urban guerrilla group, calls the process a coup.
Rousseff, who is charged with spending without congressional approval and manipulating government accounts, was suspended in May and Vice President Temer took over office.
The statement follows other similar disapproval demonstrations of Rousseff’s impeachment in the USA, such as the letter signed by 43 members of the House of Representatives in July and a statement by Senator Bernie Sanders at the beginning of the month.
Rousseff has said repeatedly she won’t resign.
Rousseff is scheduled to appear in person to defend herself on August 29.
If confirmed president by Rousseff’s ouster, Temer would face a daunting task: steering Latin America’s largest economy out of recession and plugging a budget deficit that has topped 10 percent of gross domestic product.
However, her trial has become a test of political support for Rousseff amid the deepest recession in at least 80 years in Brazil. Still, investors and members of Temer’s fragile coalition are concerned he has yet to unveil measures to drastically curb the deficit.
“I committed no crime”. There were already three votes in the Senate.
If Rousseff is removed, Temer must be sworn in by the Senate. Rousseff served as Chief of Staff for Lula for five years, stepping down in 2010 to run her successful campaign for the presidency. Temer plans to travel to the September 4-5 Group of 20 leaders’ summit in China as soon as impeachment is over.
Now the trial is slowly building to Monday when Ms Rousseff herself will testify in a piece of political theater that could determine whether 13 years of rule by her leftist Workers’ Party comes to a sudden end.
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Following Rousseff’s likely impeachment, Vice President Temer- who is now serving as acting president- will be sworn in as the official president of Brazil. He resigned from office shortly before he was found guilty by the Senate.
