<http://www.solidnet.org/> Solidnet.png <http://www.resistencia.cc/> BrazilPCdoB.png Luciana Santos: Fight for democracy, defeat the coup in the Senate Soon after the announcement of the results of the voting on impeachment opening against President Dilma Rousseff, the national president of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB), Luciana Santos, issued a note considering the removal of Dilma of the Presidency as shameful and outrageous act. Solidnet <http://www.solidnet.org/> (IMCWP web site), 12 May 2016 May 12th, 2016 goes down in history as the scenery of a shameful and outrageous act. The majority of the Federal Senate, ripping the Constitution, approved the admissibility of impeachment without a legal basis. As a result, President Dilma Rousseff, elected with more than 54 million votes, is out from her office without having committed any crime. The Brazilian Senate will judged her. Arbitrarily, they put the president out her post and she takes a country project, a development cycle that substantially reduced the social and regional inequalities. Vice President Michel Temer, who joined to the conspiracy and became one of its leaders, will enter by the presidential palace through the back door, by imposing a real "indirect election". He will usurp the presidential chair and will lead an illegitimate government. Given this reality, a new stage of democratic and popular resistance is beginning, as challenging as imperative: reinvigorating the mobilization to defeat the coup in the judgment of the Senate and oppose tenaciously to the illegitimate government of Temer. This government comes armed with a savage neoliberal program, representing a political throwback, regression of rights and degradation of national sovereignty. >From this May 12, with an injured democracy, the country will experience a period of great uncertainty and will experience a tense and unprecedented situation: the confrontation between two political and social blocks having on the one hand, President Dilma Rousseff holding a legitimate mandate but illegally away and on the other, vice president Michel Temer, enthroned by a coup. Along this reactionary journey, the first woman to occupy the post of president of Brazil faces a lot of hate, intolerance and prejudice. In face of these aggressions and on the risk in democracy, President Dilma has struggled tirelessly and showed politics courage. In this way, she will put herself like a leader of the popular mobilization to preserve democracy, defeat the coup and defend the achievements of the period of Lula and Dilma governments. Despite the victory, the actors of coup let the masks dropped down and accumulate losses inside and outside the country. Since the infamous session of the House of Representatives on April 17, through the debates and votes that just happen in the Senate, the impeachment process will reveal exactly what it is: the contemporary face of the old coups that victimized democracy in our country. The contradictions involving collusion that supports Temer, the illegitimacy and weakness of his government, anti-popular and anti-national measures that he will have to adopt, the decisive battle that he will suffer from democratic and popular forces may produce a deadlock with serious consequences. All this can take a group of senators to conclude that there is no solution to the crisis out of democracy. Therefore, the PCdoB reiterates the proposal of a referendum on direct presidential elections. We are convinced that the Brazilian people – from the top of its sovereignty – should decide on the best way for the country can overcomes the crisis and restore democracy. This battle for a plebiscite increases the possibility of conquering the votes necessary to the acquittal of President Dilma because she is discussing with a group of senators who advocate the proposal from the anticipation of the presidential elections and meets strong popular will. In addition, the flag of plebiscite gives a perspective, new energy to democratic and popular resistance to confront the illegitimate Temer government. Democratic and popular forces, institutions that support democracy, such as universities, jurists, attorneys, intellectuals, artists and so on. All of us have the challenge, from now, to strengthen the mobilization of our people and broad sectors of society to defeat the coup in the Federal Senate. Let's face strongly the challenges of this new stage of the struggle against the coup, let´s amplify our forces, embrace with enthusiasm the agenda of the Front Popular Brazil, the People's Front Fearless and multiple democratic acts to rise the people, workers and broad progressive sectors so that in the end, democracy wins! Brasília, May 12th, 2016 M.P. Luciana Santos National President of the Communist Party of Brazil – PCdoB Translated by Maria Helena De Eugenio for www.resistencia.cc From: http://www.solidnet.org/brazil-communist-party-of-brazil/cp-of-brazil-lucian a-santos-fight-for-democracy-defeat-the-coup-in-the-senate-en-pt -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . 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