Rousseff calls interim government "illegitimate"

Record ID: 103751

  • Title: Rousseff calls interim government "illegitimate"
  • Date: 13th May 2016
  • Summary: BRASILIA, BRAZIL (MAY 13, 2016) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** SUSPENDED BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT ARRIVING FOR CONFERENCE WITH INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ROUSSEFF GREETING JOURNALISTS ROUSSEFF SITTING ROUSSEFF SITTING NEXT TO HER ATTORNEY GENERAL, JOSE EDUARDO CARDOZO CLOSE-UP OF ROUSSEFF JOURNALISTS (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) SUSPENDED BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT, DILMA ROUSSEFF SAYING: "You have an interim government which is illegitimate in terms of the vote. We will fight in order to return, and beyond this, we will of course fight in order to regain parliamentary support in the future." ROUSSEFF AND CARDOZO SEEN THROUGH CAMERA LENS ROUSSEFF AND CARDOZO LISTENING TO QUESTION FROM A JOURNALIST (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) SUSPENDED BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT, DILMA ROUSSEFF SAYING: "I believe we are seeing a new concept with regards to the presidential system in Latin America. I think it is a mixture, as military coups are out of fashion, there is a problem for all regimes, like under the presidential system, in which there is a fixed date for it to begin and for it to end." ROUSSEFF STANDING TO LEAVE ROUSSEFF LEAVING EXTERIOR OF PRESIDENT'S OFFICIAL RESIDENCE
  • Embargoed: 28th May 2016 20:01
  • Keywords: Dilma Rousseff impeachment Brazil Michel Temer interim government
  • Location: BRASILIA, BRAZIL
  • City: BRASILIA, BRAZIL
  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0014HN5W07
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Brazil's suspended president, Dilma Rousseff, said on Friday (May 13) that the interim government which has replaced her is illegitimate, as she vowed to fight to reconstruct parliamentary support for the ousted Workers' Party.
    "You have an interim government which is illegitimate in terms of the vote. We will fight in order to return, and beyond this, we will of course fight in order to regain parliamentary support in the future," Rousseff said at a meeting with international media in Brasilia.
    Interim President Michel Temer was sworn into office on Thursday after Rousseff was suspended from office by the Senate for up to 180 days while she is tried on charges of breaking budget rules.
    Despite having no electoral mandate, Temer promptly unveiled on Thursday an agenda of liberal reforms - including cuts to public spending and pension reforms - that would swing Brazil to the right after 13 years of leftist Workers Party rule.
    Rousseff and her party maintain the argument that the impeachment underway is a coup d'etat in disguise.
    "I believe we are seeing a new concept with regards to the presidential system in Latin America. I think it is a mixture, as military coups are out of fashion, there is a problem for all regimes, like under the presidential system, in which there is a fixed date for it to begin and for it to end," said Rousseff.
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