Rousseff rejects impeachment as 'parliamentary coup'
September 01, 2016  01:43
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Brazil's sacked president Dilma Rousseff branded the vote to remove her from office at an impeachment trial a 'parliamentary coup' and vowed a comeback by her Workers' Party.

"They decided to interrupt the mandate of a president who had committed no crime. They have convicted an innocent person and carried out a parliamentary coup," she said.

She spoke surrounded by supporters after a majority of senators voted to remove her from office on the grounds she broke state accounting laws.
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