AFP, Brasília :
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said Saturday she was “calm” about defeating an impeachment bid and convinced that a key ally will not desert her, despite reports of cracks in her coalition.
A special commission is due to start forming Monday with representatives of all Congressional parties to hear Rousseff’s defense and decide whether the impeachment case should be sent for examination by the full house.
Visiting the city of Recife in the northeast of Latin America’s biggest and most powerful country, Rousseff said Saturday she was ready for the battle.
She sought to counter speculation that her vice president, Michel Temer, would desert her — a move that experts say would be potentially fatal to her chances of gathering enough votes to defeat impeachment.
“I have complete confidence in Michel Temer as a person and as a politician,” she said.
Both Rousseff’s camp and the opposition were jockeying over the exact make-up of the commission, which has the power to reject the impeachment entirely.
The most powerful member in the alliance is not Rousseff’s Workers’ Party but Temer’s PMDB.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said Saturday she was “calm” about defeating an impeachment bid and convinced that a key ally will not desert her, despite reports of cracks in her coalition.
A special commission is due to start forming Monday with representatives of all Congressional parties to hear Rousseff’s defense and decide whether the impeachment case should be sent for examination by the full house.
Visiting the city of Recife in the northeast of Latin America’s biggest and most powerful country, Rousseff said Saturday she was ready for the battle.
She sought to counter speculation that her vice president, Michel Temer, would desert her — a move that experts say would be potentially fatal to her chances of gathering enough votes to defeat impeachment.
“I have complete confidence in Michel Temer as a person and as a politician,” she said.
Both Rousseff’s camp and the opposition were jockeying over the exact make-up of the commission, which has the power to reject the impeachment entirely.
The most powerful member in the alliance is not Rousseff’s Workers’ Party but Temer’s PMDB.
