Dilma Rousseff’s hopes of seeing out her four-year term took a major hit when the PMDB voted to leave the governing alliance: ‘This is her D-Day’ says analystPresident Dilma Rousseffs hopes of seeing out her term of office acquire received a potentially fatal blow after the biggest party in the Brazilian congress voted to abandon her ruling coalition.
The vote by the Brazilian Democratic Movement party (or PMDB) could trigger a defection from Rousseff’s coalition by other smaller parties, and greatly increase the prospect that she will lose an impeachment vote in the lower house next month and be suspended from office.
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Source: theguardian.com