Rousseff Seeks Political Plebiscite in Gesture to Protesters
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President Dilma Rousseff, seeking to meet the demands raised by Brazil’s biggest protests in two decades, called for a plebiscite to bring about political changes aimed at wringing endemic corruption out of Brazil’s institutions.
Rousseff, at a meeting with governors and mayors in Brasilia today, said she would classify corruption as one of the country’s most serious crimes. She also pledged 50 billion reais ($22.5 billion) for urban transport upgrades, one hundred percent of oil royalties to education and the formation of a national public transportation council.