Brazil's Temer 'Buying' Support For Rousseff Impeachment

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Telesur

Brazil's Temer 'Buying' Support For Rousseff Impeachment


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Michel Temer gestures to Finance Minister Meirelles at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia | Photo: Reuters

Published 27 June 2016
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Senators who voted in favor of suspending Rousseff want something in return to follow through with the impeachment process.


Brazil’s interim president Michel Temer is distributing political favors in exchange for support over the final vote to impeach Dilma Rousseff, according to news outlet Estadao.

Lawmakers are trading in their votes for government support in local disputes, positions inside the government, and even the command of the country's largest corporate funder, BNDES.

Temer met with senators in Jarabu Palace, with most of the meetings held outside the official agenda.

"Temer is buying the party. It’s an explicit buying of support," said Senator Roberto Requiao from the same party as Temer, the PMDB, although Requiao is against impeaching Rousseff.

Read more: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Brazils-Temer-Buying-Support-For-Rousseff-Impeachment--20160627-0020.html

[Judi Lynn]

1. Dilma Rousseff interview: Brazil's first female leader on trying to clear her name

Dilma Rousseff interview: Brazil's first female leader on trying to clear her name


Exclusive Q&A : Ms Rousseff said she was the victim of a 'parliamentary coup'
Andrea Dip, Marina Amaral, Vera Saavedra Durão, Natalia Viana Brasilia |
17 hours ago|

President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil has been suspended since May 12, awaiting her impeachment trial by the country’s Senate. In the meantime, an interim government has been formed by her vice president Michel Temer.

The impeachment process against Ms Rousseff has been branded a coup by her allies, who have pointed out that the charges against her, which focus on claims she violated budget laws, were based on relatively minor misdeeds that were also committed by many of her predecessors without consequences.

Ms Rousseff, of the Worker’s Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores or PT) was elected for the second time in 2014 by a small majority.

She was Brazil’s first female president and the impeachment process against her was denounced as “sexist political violence” by the United Nation’s office on women’s rights.

More:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/dilma-rousseff-interview-brazils-first-female-leader-on-trying-to-clear-her-name-a7105806.html

[rpannier]

2. A good reason why HRC should not pick a Republican as her running mate

He'd be working hard to get her impeached

[mtasselin]

3. our not so supreme court

How different is this from what the not so supreme court did yesterday when they let that convicted governor off the hook, this is what Citizens United has done to America total corruption.

[Coyotl]

4. Senate Report Clears Rousseff of Budget Manipulation

Experts report that suspended President Dilma Rousseff did not cook the books like her rivals claim, but the impeachment process will continue.

Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff got a boost in her fight against impeachment on Monday as a report prepared by analysts in the Senate found that there is no evidence to suggest she was personally responsible for fiscal wrongdoing. It remains unclear, however, how the findings will impact the impeachment process that has hinged on such allegations. ..............

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Senate-Report-Clears-Rousseff-of-Budget-Manipulation--20160627-0023.html