Dilma without a post
Brazilian senators finally supported the impeachment and deprived Dilma Rousseff of the presidential post. 61 Senator (required at least 54 votes) supported the accusations of Rousseff in budget frauds. The role of the head of state before 31 December 2018 of the year, that is, until the expiration of the powers that Rousseff could have, will be performed by Michel Temer.
Voting on the issue of impeachment was delayed for long hours. In the end, the senator's 81 voices were divided into unequal shares: the 61 people were impeachable and approved; 20 opposed the removal of Rousseff from office.
Those who voted for impeachment pointed to the budgetary frauds of the former president. Recall that the process itself was based precisely on these accusations, as well as on the corrupt component of the activities of some members of the Rousseff government.
The impeachment process was initiated in December last year. The prosecution in the Senate stated that the government headed by the president during the 2014-2015 period. used illegal methods of payment for social programs. Expenditures were postponed for the next financial period, which “improved” budget figures in the current period. At the same time, domestic government debt grew rapidly. The state, in the person of Rousseff, is indebted to commercial banks: the latter were the actual source of funding for wasteful government programs. Private banks were a lender, and the government was a borrower. It seemed that social programs were being implemented, and at the same time the state had built on debts something like a financial pyramid. Dilma failed to get out of monetary difficulties.
There was another accusation — corruption that is familiar to the entire planet. Speech about the cunning schemes concerning the state oil corporation “Petrobras”. The prosecutors of the former presidency say that Rousseff was the chairman of the board of directors of the corporation and could not but be aware of billion dollar frauds.
At the hearings in the Senate before the vote, Rousseff stated that she “would never have committed actions contrary to her beliefs and violating the rights of those who voted for her in the presidential election.” In her opinion, which led "Russian newspaper"If senators vote for her final removal from office and condemn an innocent person in this way, a “parliamentary coup d'etat” will take place in the country.
Not all senators participated in the long “interrogation” of the accused. Correspondent "RG" indicates that the word was left "only for the most significant figures." This was done to speed up the impeachment procedure: it was planned to be completed in August. In this case, Michel Temer, acting head of state of the president, could go to the G20 summit as a full-fledged Brazilian leader in early September.
The presidential powers of Dilma Rousseff, save her post, would expire at the end of 2018. Since the final investigation and the final vote are over, and the impeachment has officially taken place, Brazil will be ruled by the end of the specified period by Michel Temer (previously Vice-President).
Rousseff did not put up with the decision of the senators and even promised to “return”, at the same time criticizing the impeachment as a woman-hate and anti-people decision. Her words leads "Life":
At the same time, Dilma urged Brazilian women to fight for their rights and resist to machismo.
The defense of the former Brazilian leader has prepared two appeals to the Federal Supreme Court, reports "Reedus". Her lawyers insist that the process of removal from power took place with procedural violations.
Opponents of impeachment directly indicate its political overtones. In addition, the opponents of Temer claim some negative consequences of the work of the interim government. Senator Roberto Reciau notes that the government plans to privatize the national treasure.
Michel Temer, who is now officially considered the president of Brazil, also spoke. "I pledge to protect the unity, integrity and independence of Brazil," the newspaper quoted him as saying. "Sight".
Temer outlined the most important steps that he intends to take in his presidency: pay attention to the “ceiling” of government borrowing, pension reform, and growing unemployment and job creation: “We have a huge number of unemployed, almost 12 million, this is a terrible figure” .
At the G20 summit, the new president intends to meet with Xi Jinping and "begin to attract investment in the country."
He is in no hurry to drive Dilma out of the Palacio Alvorada residence. The president said that he gave the former head of state thirty days to move.
Also, Mr. Temer asked to stop talking about impeachment as a coup.
In essence, let us add, the most ordinary crisis in the country led to the impeachment, which erupted during the years of Rousseff’s second presidential term (2014 was re-elected in October, moreover, she already did not have much popularity among the people and won by a small margin: The party of the Brazilian Social Democracy Aesiu Nevis is only three and a few percentage points, besides, it was a victory in the second round). Her election campaign was based on populist slogans - as time showed, impracticable.
The promise turned out to be too wide: Dilma vowed to expand the already huge population coverage with the social programs “More Doctors”, “My Home, My Life”, etc., to create twelve million jobs by the 2018 year (by the end of the term of government), the story fight against corruption, ensure transparency of public administration, and much more. Almost all promises remained promises. The crisis struck. As usual, he was both economic and political.
The outcome of the 2015 of the year in the Brazilian economy, resulting from the reign of Rousseff, sums up TASS: GDP declined by 3,8% (the lowest figure since 1990 g), inflation rose to 7,97%; the real exchange rate depreciated by 24% against the dollar; unemployment in the first quarter of 2016 reached 10,9%. Among the main causes of the economic crisis is called only the decline in world prices for raw materials and food products exported by Brazil, but also the excessively high cost of social programs (only because of them the budget deficit grew from 2% of GDP in 2010 to 10% in 2015 g .). The budget was hit and huge spending on the Olympic Games 2016. (The planned budget - about 10 billion. Dollars.).
The government of Rousseff began to cut the state budget, cutting funding for the ministries of health, education, transport, defense and urban development, that is, it actually struck at its social programs. Moreover, taxes were increased. Of course, the collapse of social programs, along with measures on budgetary economy, caused discontent among citizens, as well as politicians, including within the ruling coalition.
The political scandal mentioned above, which broke out at the end of 2014, added fuel to the fire. It was about corruption in Petrobras in those years when Rousseff herself was the chairman of the governing council (2003-2010). Top managers of the corporation and high-ranking politicians, including former members of the government, were involved in the frauds.
Everything together lowered the already low popularity of Rousseff and her team below the baseboards: in 2015, the government positively assessed from 10 to 13% of the population.
Impeachment was the logical outcome of the political and economic crisis. It is absolutely unbelievable that the unpopular Rousseff overcome the “machismo” and after years returned to big Brazilian politics.
However, it is also unlikely that Mr. Temer will be able to earn popularity by bringing the country out of the crisis. He is unlikely to be able to fulfill the wishes of the population, accustomed to the benefits of social programs, but who do not understand where they come from by 2018.
Voting on the issue of impeachment was delayed for long hours. In the end, the senator's 81 voices were divided into unequal shares: the 61 people were impeachable and approved; 20 opposed the removal of Rousseff from office.
Those who voted for impeachment pointed to the budgetary frauds of the former president. Recall that the process itself was based precisely on these accusations, as well as on the corrupt component of the activities of some members of the Rousseff government.
The impeachment process was initiated in December last year. The prosecution in the Senate stated that the government headed by the president during the 2014-2015 period. used illegal methods of payment for social programs. Expenditures were postponed for the next financial period, which “improved” budget figures in the current period. At the same time, domestic government debt grew rapidly. The state, in the person of Rousseff, is indebted to commercial banks: the latter were the actual source of funding for wasteful government programs. Private banks were a lender, and the government was a borrower. It seemed that social programs were being implemented, and at the same time the state had built on debts something like a financial pyramid. Dilma failed to get out of monetary difficulties.
There was another accusation — corruption that is familiar to the entire planet. Speech about the cunning schemes concerning the state oil corporation “Petrobras”. The prosecutors of the former presidency say that Rousseff was the chairman of the board of directors of the corporation and could not but be aware of billion dollar frauds.
At the hearings in the Senate before the vote, Rousseff stated that she “would never have committed actions contrary to her beliefs and violating the rights of those who voted for her in the presidential election.” In her opinion, which led "Russian newspaper"If senators vote for her final removal from office and condemn an innocent person in this way, a “parliamentary coup d'etat” will take place in the country.
Not all senators participated in the long “interrogation” of the accused. Correspondent "RG" indicates that the word was left "only for the most significant figures." This was done to speed up the impeachment procedure: it was planned to be completed in August. In this case, Michel Temer, acting head of state of the president, could go to the G20 summit as a full-fledged Brazilian leader in early September.
The presidential powers of Dilma Rousseff, save her post, would expire at the end of 2018. Since the final investigation and the final vote are over, and the impeachment has officially taken place, Brazil will be ruled by the end of the specified period by Michel Temer (previously Vice-President).
Rousseff did not put up with the decision of the senators and even promised to “return”, at the same time criticizing the impeachment as a woman-hate and anti-people decision. Her words leads "Life":
“Step against the nation and people. This is a misogynistic, sexist and homophobic decision. Indicator of intolerance, prejudice and violence. They think they have plunged us, but they are wrong. We will fight. We will act more firmly against them. We will be back. We will return to continue the movement to Brazil with a free people. I leave the presidency just as I came: without giving up my promises. I lived honestly, did everything in my power, did not run away from my responsibility. ”
At the same time, Dilma urged Brazilian women to fight for their rights and resist to machismo.
The defense of the former Brazilian leader has prepared two appeals to the Federal Supreme Court, reports "Reedus". Her lawyers insist that the process of removal from power took place with procedural violations.
Opponents of impeachment directly indicate its political overtones. In addition, the opponents of Temer claim some negative consequences of the work of the interim government. Senator Roberto Reciau notes that the government plans to privatize the national treasure.
Michel Temer, who is now officially considered the president of Brazil, also spoke. "I pledge to protect the unity, integrity and independence of Brazil," the newspaper quoted him as saying. "Sight".
Temer outlined the most important steps that he intends to take in his presidency: pay attention to the “ceiling” of government borrowing, pension reform, and growing unemployment and job creation: “We have a huge number of unemployed, almost 12 million, this is a terrible figure” .
At the G20 summit, the new president intends to meet with Xi Jinping and "begin to attract investment in the country."
He is in no hurry to drive Dilma out of the Palacio Alvorada residence. The president said that he gave the former head of state thirty days to move.
Also, Mr. Temer asked to stop talking about impeachment as a coup.
In essence, let us add, the most ordinary crisis in the country led to the impeachment, which erupted during the years of Rousseff’s second presidential term (2014 was re-elected in October, moreover, she already did not have much popularity among the people and won by a small margin: The party of the Brazilian Social Democracy Aesiu Nevis is only three and a few percentage points, besides, it was a victory in the second round). Her election campaign was based on populist slogans - as time showed, impracticable.
The promise turned out to be too wide: Dilma vowed to expand the already huge population coverage with the social programs “More Doctors”, “My Home, My Life”, etc., to create twelve million jobs by the 2018 year (by the end of the term of government), the story fight against corruption, ensure transparency of public administration, and much more. Almost all promises remained promises. The crisis struck. As usual, he was both economic and political.
The outcome of the 2015 of the year in the Brazilian economy, resulting from the reign of Rousseff, sums up TASS: GDP declined by 3,8% (the lowest figure since 1990 g), inflation rose to 7,97%; the real exchange rate depreciated by 24% against the dollar; unemployment in the first quarter of 2016 reached 10,9%. Among the main causes of the economic crisis is called only the decline in world prices for raw materials and food products exported by Brazil, but also the excessively high cost of social programs (only because of them the budget deficit grew from 2% of GDP in 2010 to 10% in 2015 g .). The budget was hit and huge spending on the Olympic Games 2016. (The planned budget - about 10 billion. Dollars.).
The government of Rousseff began to cut the state budget, cutting funding for the ministries of health, education, transport, defense and urban development, that is, it actually struck at its social programs. Moreover, taxes were increased. Of course, the collapse of social programs, along with measures on budgetary economy, caused discontent among citizens, as well as politicians, including within the ruling coalition.
The political scandal mentioned above, which broke out at the end of 2014, added fuel to the fire. It was about corruption in Petrobras in those years when Rousseff herself was the chairman of the governing council (2003-2010). Top managers of the corporation and high-ranking politicians, including former members of the government, were involved in the frauds.
Everything together lowered the already low popularity of Rousseff and her team below the baseboards: in 2015, the government positively assessed from 10 to 13% of the population.
Impeachment was the logical outcome of the political and economic crisis. It is absolutely unbelievable that the unpopular Rousseff overcome the “machismo” and after years returned to big Brazilian politics.
However, it is also unlikely that Mr. Temer will be able to earn popularity by bringing the country out of the crisis. He is unlikely to be able to fulfill the wishes of the population, accustomed to the benefits of social programs, but who do not understand where they come from by 2018.
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