Many wish to see the much-maligned president booted,and lawmakers on both sides of the proceedings are openly planning for life without DilmaLike crowds drawn to a lynching, thousands of Brasilians descended on the nation’s capital on Friday as the country’s notoriously corrupt lawmakers began an impeachment debate that looks likely to drive President Dilma Rousseff from power.
With hundreds of thousands expected by the final vote on Sunday, and some came to prevent what they saw as an injustice against an elected leader and an attack on democracy. Others to cheer on the removal of an unpopular leader who is accused of manipulating government accounts ahead of the last election. nearly all hoped to influence a congress in the midst of its most morbidly compelling drama in more than 20 years. But time is running out.
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Source: theguardian.com