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The Impeachment Of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Is A Farce

On New Republic Look no further than the reasons given by some of the 367 congressmen who voted Sunday for impeachment charges to be brought against her before the Senate (h/t Cecília Olliveira): “For my granddaughter’s birthday” “For peace in Jerusalem” “For the foundations of Christianity ” “For science and technology” There’s something almost honorable […]

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Look no further than the reasons given by some of the 367 congressmen who voted Sunday for impeachment charges to be brought against her before the Senate (h/t Cecília Olliveira):

  • “For my granddaughter’s birthday”
  • “For peace in Jerusalem”
  • “For the foundations of Christianity ”
  • “For science and technology”

There’s something almost honorable in the open cynicism with which the proceedings were conducted. One congressman from the far right dedicated his vote to the colonel who, during Brazil’s longstanding military dictatorship, ran one of the clandestine prisons where Rousseff, then an urban guerrilla, was tortured.

In the weeks since the movement to oust the twice-elected president took on real momentum, it’s become abundantly clear that no legitimate justification for such a move exists. Rousseff, to be sure, is presiding over one of the worst economic crises in the country’s history, at a time when her Workers Party is engulfed in a massive political graft scandal.

But Rousseff herself has yet to be directly linked to the kickback scheme herself, and the politicians calling for her to be stripped of office are, if anything, more deeply implicated than her allies. No one, more importantly, appears to believe the budgetary tricks she’s been formally accused of constitute grounds for removal.

Some commentators were quick to label the impeachment campaign a “coup.” Now that it’s actually taking place, the perpetrators don’t even care to defend themselves from that criticism.

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Miguel do Rosário é jornalista e editor do blog O Cafezinho. Nasceu em 1975, no Rio de Janeiro, onde vive e trabalha até hoje.

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Luciano Henzel

07/05/2016 - 21h05

For my ass, only..

Patricia Zimbres

26/04/2016 - 13h33

Só uma obervação técnica. A sessão English Posts, na verdade, deveria se chamar Posts in English. English Posts quereria dizer que todas as matérias vêm da Inglaterra, o que não é o caso. Vocês estão falando da língua inglesa.

renato andretti

25/04/2016 - 17h44

For my people, only..

    Maria Augusta Cook

    10/05/2016 - 18h07

    No, not for your people. I am not part of your “people”. I believe in DEMOCRACIA, YES SHE MAY HAVE COMMITTED SOME MISTAKES BUT SHE HAS NOT HELP HERSELF WITH WITH NATIONALS MONEY. MY “PEOPLE ” YES THEY GOING TO SUFFER. THE LESS PRIVILEGED, THE ONES WHO NEED MOST HELP.
    BUT I HOPE THAT IN DEW MONTHS YOUR PEOPLE WILL CRYING ALSO.


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