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Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff Impeached, Removed from Power

posted by martyb on Saturday September 03 2016, @01:37PM   Printer-friendly
from the Rousseff-rousted-—-readies-repartee dept.

takyon writes:

Brazil's ex-President Dilma Rousseff has been impeached:

"I don't have political plans for office, but I do have political plans. I'm going to oppose this government," Rouseff told the foreign media Friday, two days after she was impeached by a Senate vote for breaking budget responsibility rules. The 68-year-old leftist leader said although she has been given 30 days to vacate the presidential palace, she will move back to her southern hometown of Porto Alegre next week.

Rousseff also had sharp words for Michel Temer, who was her vice president before taking over as interim president when she was initially suspended from office in May. She warned Temer against straying from the platform the two ran on in 2010 and 2014, adding that if he does, the public would see his government as illegitimate. She also vowed to speak up if his administration tried to crackdown on protests. The pair were initially allies, but Rousseff now accuses him of leading a "coup" in having her impeached.

Also at Bloomberg , BBC, Washington Post .

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2016, @07:22PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 03 2016, @07:22PM (#397098)

    Let constitutional law and order continue.

    I've never seen this spelling of "the status quo"...

  • (Score: 2) by Dunbal on Saturday September 03 2016, @11:38PM

    by Dunbal (3515) on Saturday September 03 2016, @11:38PM (#397178)

    You want blood in the streets? The status quo is not necessarily bad. Ask Libyans. Ask Iraqis. Ask Syrians. Ask Ukrainians how much fun revolutions are. 60 to 20 clearly shows where the majority is. The problem with revolutionaries and idealists is that they think they will win quickly and without bloodshed. Careful which box you open, Pandora.