Brazil’s Rousseff Says Efforts to Revoke Legitimacy Won’t Stand
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Dilma Rousseff said attempts to undermine her legitimacy as Brazil’s president won’t stand following reports that a growing number of lawmakers support impeachment.
“This country is a democracy, a democracy that respects above all else one thing: direct election by popular vote,” she said Friday during a speech in northern Brazil. “Nobody can take away the legitimacy the vote gave me.”