Brazillionaires e o PT

Impeachment de Dilma:

Dilma Rousseff too is teetering on the brink. Two separate cases threaten to remove her from power. One, opened by Congress, calls for her impeachment based on the allegation that she violated budget rules, disguising shortfalls in order to spend more than the law allows—and thus helping to fuel the economic crisis. The other case, now before Brazil’s electoral court, claims that her reelection campaign received money skimmed from the Petrobras scheme. Given the atmosphere in Brazil, both cases will likely be decided not just on the legal merits but on public opinion. Dilma’s base calls them coup attempts—golpismo—but they do have a constitutional basis. And they got an additional boost when a Workers Party senator reportedly signed a plea-bargain deal implicating Dilma’s administration in efforts to obstruct the Carwash investigations. As this book went to press, her fate was unclear.

As with the charges against Lula, Dilma’s ouster could represent an advance for Brazil’s institutions if they mean that future governments will be held to the same rigorous standards. But it could also prove to be a Pyrrhic victory for the anti-corruption movement. If she’s impeached, Vice President Michel Temer will take office, and his party, the PMDB, is also implicated in the Petrobras scheme; some in Brasília believe he would put a lid on Carwash. Meanwhile, if the electoral court rules to invalidate her election, Temer would be removed along with her, and new elections would be called. But two of the most likely opposition candidates have also been cited in recent scandals.

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