Protests in Brazil's 2 biggest cities against acting leader
Protests in Brazil's 2 biggest cities against acting leader
May 22, 5:28 PM EDT
By MAURICIO SAVARESE
Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Brazil's two biggest cities Sunday to protest acting President Michel Temer, trying to keep up pressure on his interim administration only 10 days after he was sworn in.
A march in Sao Paulo headed toward Temer's residence, but police blocked roads near the house and the interim president left for the capital of Brasilia hours earlier. Organizers estimated 2,000 people participated in the demonstration.
In Rio de Janeiro, about 1,000 protesters staged a march calling for Temer to resign.
Some protesters want suspended President Dilma Rousseff back. Temer replaced her after the Senate voted to suspend the president and put her on trial for allegedly breaking fiscal laws. If 54 of the 81 senators agree that she should be impeached, she would be permanently removed from office and Temer could hold the presidency through 2018.
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66% of Brazilians Say Congress Voted Coup for Their Own Benefit
May 22, 2016
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Women protest against Brazil's interim President Michel Temer and in support of suspended President Dilma Rousseff in Sao Paulo, May 17, 2016/Photo: Reuters
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Less than one quarter of Brazilians think that lawmakers acted with the best interests of the country at heart when approving the coup against Dilma Rousseff.
As the interim government of coup-imposed President Michel Temer continues to act as a permanent power rather than a temporary fix while suspended President Dilma Rousseff stands trial for budget manipulations, a new poll reported Sunday by Globo shows that two thirds of Brazilians believe that lawmakers voted in their own self interest in giving the green light to the impeachment process.
According to the survey, conducted by Brazilian market research company Ibope between May 12 and 16, only 23 percent of Brazilians believe that members of Congress and the Senate acted “on behalf of the country’s interests” when casting their votes on whether to move forward an impeachment process against Rousseff.
Meanwhile, 66 percent believe that politicians voted “for their own benefit and interests of private parties and institutions” when carrying out what has been called a parliamentary coup.
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