Rousseff takes a morning walk on what could be her last day in office

Record ID: 104067

  • Title: Rousseff takes a morning walk on what could be her last day in office
  • Date: 11th May 2016
  • Summary: VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF ALVORADA PALACE, THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF VARIOUS OF CYCLISTS PASSING SHOUTING (IN PORTUGUESE): "GOODBYE DARLING!" PEOPLE WALKING AND CYCLING (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) CIVIL SERVANT, JEFERSON MACHADO, SAYING: "May justice be done, I hope it all goes well and Brazil begins to grow again." (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) EMPLOYEE IN GOVERNMENT PALACE, PEDRO HENRIQUE, SAYING: "It was always like this, it is not going to change anything. The poor remain poor and the rich remain rich, nothing changes if she stays or goes, it is the same situation as always." VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF GOVERNMENT PALACE SATELLITE TRUCKS OUTSIDE SENATE
  • Embargoed: 26th May 2016 13:10
  • Keywords: Brazil impeachment Dilma Rousseff Brasilia
  • Location: BRASILIA, BRAZIL
  • City: BRASILIA, BRAZIL
  • Country: Brazil
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0024HD6S07
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff was photographed taking a morning walk on what could be her last day in office on Wednesday (May 11), as the Senate prepares to vote on whether to subject her to trial over breaking budget rules.
    If her opponents garner a simple majority of the 81 senators, Rousseff will be suspended for up to six months during the trial and Vice President Michel Temer will take power.
    With well over half of senators telling newspapers they will vote to try Rousseff, Brazil's first female leader is expected to leave the Planalto presidential palace on Thursday, following 13 years of leftist Workers Party rule in Latin America's largest economy.
    Rousseff, who has said her impeachment is illegal and branded it a 'coup,' has vowed to fight the process until the last minute. Her government appealed to the Supreme Court on Tuesday.
    The atmosphere in Brasilia on Wednesday morning was one of anticipation.
    "May justice be done, I hope it all goes well and Brazil begins to grow again," said civil servant, Jefferson Machado.
    But others were less optimistic.
    "It was always like this, it is not going to change anything. The poor remain poor and the rich remain rich, nothing changes if she stays or goes, it is the same situation as always," said government palace employee, Pedro Henrique.
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