Brazil's first female president Dilma Rousseff claimed that she will fight to maintain her position despite a devastating impeachment defeat in the lower house of the congress.
Rousseff voiced out her side about being ousted as a president. Rousseff claimed, "I will fight, like I have always done in my life. This is not the beginning of the end it's the beginning of the fight. My mandate is not for me, its for the 54 million who voted for me... this is a fight for Brazil, for democracy.", reports Business-Standard.
According to Plus 55, the opposition camp celebrated Sunday's voting results and prepared for a new administration under vice president Michel Temer. Because of that, the vice president has vowed a sound fiscal policy, but this would mean sharp austerity cuts amidst of an already dire recession.
Temer's supporters in his Brazilian Democratic Movement party (PMDB) are already anticipating the change ahead. A fairly large majority of his supporters, especially those who are up for re-election later this year will be urging him to maintain public spending.
Polls suggest that 367-137 favored the removal of Rousseff, who was once one of the world's most popular leaders, now suffers a poor number of approval ratings. This then results to dire economic recession, political tumult and the Lava Jato corruption investigation into kickbacks from Petrobras, the state-owned oil company. Politicians from almost all the major parties have been implicated, including several senior members of the Workers' party, according to Tico TImes.
The process now goes to the senate where only a fairly small majority is needed to begin deliberations that would force the president to step down for 180 days until a final verdict is reached. Despite Rousseff's defiance, the momentum is overwhelming with the opposition who are poised to give Brazil its first centre-right government in more than 13 years.
