Brazil president calls vote to suspend her a “coup”
President Dilma Rousseff is at Planalto palace, the seat of government, waiting to be notified by Senate First Secretary Vicentinho Alves of her suspension for up to 180 days to stand an impeachment trial in the Senate.
Earlier, Rousseff said on her Facebook page that the Senate's decision to try the impeachment case against her is a “coup”.
Having watched the Senate voting session from her official residence at Alvorada palace, she said that “the better a word describes a reality that being swept under the carpet, the more uneasing that word is.”
In the message, posted together with a video of Attorney-General José Eduardo Cardozo in his speech to defend Rousseff in the Senate, Rousseff emphasized the passage in which Cardozo argued that “they are using legal pretexts for ousting a president that was legitimately elected in a historic injustice.”
The Senate has approved a motion to put Rousseff on trial earlier this morning (12) by a 55–22 vote, in a session attended by 78 senators. Senate President Renan Calheiros chose not to cast a vote.
Translated by Mayra Borges
Fonte: Brazil president calls vote to suspend her a “coup”
