Current president is a traitor, says Rousseff

Former Brazil president Dilma Rousseff has labelled the current leader Michel Temer a “traitor” and “illegitimate president” and called on the government to hold fresh elections. The Senate suspended Rousseff in May over accusations of illegal accounting practices and manipulating the budget to mask a slumping economy. Rousseff denied any wrongdoing and described efforts to […]

Former Brazil president Dilma Rousseff has labelled the current leader Michel Temer a “traitor” and “illegitimate president” and called on the government to hold fresh elections.
The Senate suspended Rousseff in May over accusations of illegal accounting practices and manipulating the budget to mask a slumping economy.
Rousseff denied any wrongdoing and described efforts to remove her as a coup. But she was stripped of presidency in August following her impeachment and was replaced by Temer.
“[President Temer] is obviously an illegitimate president of Brazil,” Rousseff said on Al Jazeera’s UpFront.
“That’s because the process which brought him to government … is a process based on tearing up the Brazilian constitution.