Brazil Is A Step Closer To Ditching Its President In The Midst of An Economic Crisis
Brazil Is A Step Closer To Ditching Its President In The Midst of An Economic Crisis
If President Dilma Rousseff is impeached, it’s unclear whether a PMDB government could turn Brazil around. For one, “the party has no clear ideology,” explains AS/COA’s Brian Winter.
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff is one step closer to being impeached, after a key party in her coalition pulled out of her government….
…Rousseff has said repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, saying efforts to oust her are essentially a coup d’état.
It will take a few weeks to complete the impeachment proceedings against Rousseff, which began earlier this month. If she is forced out, vice president Michel Temer, the PMDB’s leader, will replace her. But it’s unclear whether a PMDB government would be able to turn Brazil around. The party, writes Brian Winter in Americas Quarterly, has no clear political ideology and its members have also been entangled in Lava Jato.
