If returned to office, Brazil's Rousseff favors new election
Source: Associated Press
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If returned to office, Brazil's Rousseff favors new election
Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press
Updated 12:53 am, Wednesday, June 15, 2016
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said Tuesday she would favor new elections to help Latin America's largest nation emerge from a political crisis — if she is first returned to office.
In an interview with foreign news agencies, Rousseff said she must first survive an upcoming trial in which senators will decide whether to permanently remove her from office.
Rousseff said the country was experiencing a political "weariness" and that many citizens no longer believed in the process.
"This has to be overcome," she said, speaking from the Alvorada presidential palace, where she is allowed to remain while suspended. "If there needs to be new elections, I would be in favor."
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