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<h1 id="reader-title">Rousseff Ousted over Her Opposition to
Neoliberalism: Temer</h1>
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<p>September 23, 2016<br>
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<p>Brazilian President Michel Temer told a crowd of
business leaders in New York that the parliamentary coup
that ousted former President Dilma Rousseff was carried
out in response to her opposition to a neoliberal
program defended by his political party. </p>
<p>Temer had earlier claimed before the U.N. General
Assembly that the coup that brought him to power
followed the “constitutional order,” as it complied with
the impeachment process outlined in the country's
constitution. </p>
<p>Rousseff was formally impeached over her budgeting
practices, which were also widely exercised by previous
presidents. Supporters of Rousseff sustained that the
issue of budget practices was a smokescreen and that her
impeachment was driven by political interests. </p>
<p>However, in his speech on Wednesday Temer did not
mention Rousseff's budget practices but instead talked
about her opposition to the neoliberal policies promoted
by his party. </p>
<p>Temer, who was Rousseff's running mate in 2014, is not
a member of the leftist Workers' Party but instead
belongs to the centrist Brazilian Democratic Movement
Party, known as the PMDB. </p>
<p>The de facto president told those gathering at the
Council of the Americas that he and the PMDB had
proposed a document called “A Bridge for the Future”
approximately a year ago. </p>
<p>That document called for the Rousseff government to
abandon the political mandate it was granted through its
electoral win, and to adopt a neoliberal agenda that
included cuts to social programs and benefits, an
increase in the retirement age, and the privatization of
state enterprises. </p>
<p>Temer then said that as a result of Rousseff's
rejection of that program “a process, now culminating
with my consummation as president of the republic, was
initiated.” </p>
<p>With that comment, Temer effectively confirmed
accusations that the parliamentary coup had nothing to
do with Rousseff's budget practices but rather the
desire of Brazil's economic and political elites to
implement neoliberal policies. </p>
<p>Temer's coup government has pursued a hardline
neoliberal program, which includes freezing spending in
social areas for 20 years and plans to auction off 32
major resource and infrastructure projects. </p>
<p>The coup regime has been criticized for pursuing a
political program rejected by Brazilians in the previous
election that saw Rousseff re-elected in 2014. Temer's
cabinet includes many of the Workers' Party's political
adversaries, including Jose Serra, whom Rousseff
defeated in the 2010 election. </p>
<p>Temer is scheduled to complete Rousseff’s presidential
term until the next scheduled election in late 2018. </p>
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