Rousseff: there will be no ministry reform
Brasília - President Dilma Rousseff and Defense Minister Aldo Rebelo during a ceremony to present the KC-390, new cargo plane designed by the Brazilian Air Force
President Dilma Rousseff said Tuesday (Apr. 5) she does not intend to undergo any ministerial overhaul before voting on impeachment proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies. "The government is not evaluating any change currently," she declared after meeting, at the Air Base in Brasília, the KC-390, new cargo plane designed by the Brazilian Air Force.
Asked if she considered hasty the decision of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB, which was the largest party composing the governing coalition) to quit the government's coalition, Rousseff anwered that she does not "comment on partisan actions, because this is not appropriate for a president of the Republic." In late March, the PMDB decided to withdraw the government's support, but still holds six ministries currently.
About Senator Valdir Raupp's suggestion to bring forward presidential elections for October, Rousseff reported that "it is a proposal, I don't repulse it, nor accept it. (It would be necessary to convince) the Chamber of Deputies and Senate to relinquish their mandates." she argued.
Concerning her defense, made Monday (Apr. 4) by Attorney-General José Eduardo Cardozo, at the Impeachment Special Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, the president said she “fully” agreed with the arguments. "I think any attempt to turn [the so-called accounting tricks] into an impeachment attempt is a coup. It is a coup because it has no legal basis," she reiterated.
The president reaffirmed that without political stability, it is very difficult to recover the economy and create jobs. According to her, the opposition has created instability since the beginning of her second mandate with the so-called “bomb agenda”. "There's a bill being debated in Congress that is a 'hydrogen bomb agenda', because it creates an impact of $83 billion, to make the interest of state debts become simple interests," she declared.
"It is well known that part of the people in Brazil adopt 'the worse the better' way of thinking. Worse for the population and better for those who want to shorten the path to power. No government will rule Brazil if there is no pact for dialogue, for political stability," the president pointed out, saying the government is "really willing to open dialogue."
Translated by Amarílis Anchieta
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