Braslia, Brazil : Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff said on Monday that she is "outraged" by a vote in Congress to authorize impeachment proceedings against her and vowed to keep fighting.
In an emotional first public response to the vote on Sunday, Rousseff said she would not give up now that her case has gone from the lower house to the Senate for a possible trial.
"I have strength, spirit and courage. I will not be beaten, I will not be paralyzed. I will continue to fight and I will fight as I did all my life," Rousseff said in the remarks carried live on television.
But Rousseff said that deputies in the house had failed to provide any evidence that she'd committed an impeachable crime, calling the process instead a "coup d'etat."
The Senate is due to vote in May on whether to open a trial at which point Rousseff would be suspended. The trial could take months and if senators then voted by a two thirds majority she would be deposed.
In an emotional first public response to the vote on Sunday, Rousseff said she would not give up now that her case has gone from the lower house to the Senate for a possible trial.
"I have strength, spirit and courage. I will not be beaten, I will not be paralyzed. I will continue to fight and I will fight as I did all my life," Rousseff said in the remarks carried live on television.
But Rousseff said that deputies in the house had failed to provide any evidence that she'd committed an impeachable crime, calling the process instead a "coup d'etat."
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The Senate is due to vote in May on whether to open a trial at which point Rousseff would be suspended. The trial could take months and if senators then voted by a two thirds majority she would be deposed.
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