Dilma Rousseff about The Impeachment And Future of Brazil - Eng subs

Brazilians, Brazil is living through moments that will be decisive for our future. Coming Sunday we have the opportunity to reaffirm another time our historic commitment for democracy for freedom and the rule of law. What the vote about the impeachment puts at risk is not just my mandate which I intend to defend and honor to the last day as constitution commands. What is at risk is the respect for the sovereign will of the Brazilian people, respect for the votes. What is at risk are the social achievements and the rights of the Brazilians. Therefore it is my duty to clarify the facts and to name the risks that this adventure of a coup creates for our country. Since I was elected a part of the opposition didn’t come to terms with it demanded another counting of the votes tried to annul the elections and then started to conspire for an impeachment. Those who lost the elections drown the country in a state of permanent political instability, that prevents economical recovery, with one single goal - to take by force which they didn’t succeed to get through the urns. There is no reason for a motion of an impeachment against me. They accuse me without any legal ground. I didn’t commit any offense in office. I am not sued for corruption or abuse of public means. I never impeded investigations no matter who was their object. My name cant be found on any bribery list. I am not suspected of any crime against public welfare. If you analyze the accusations against me that are made in Congress, they are just a fraud. The biggest juridical and political fraud in the history of our country. Without this fraud there could be no vote about an impeachment. Brazil and democracy don’t deserve such a farce. I ask all Brazilians not to be deceived by this. Look, who leads this process, and what they suggest for Brazil’s future. The leaders of the coup already said, that in case they succeed in usurping power, it will be necessary to demand sacrifices from the Brazilian population. With which legitimacy? They want to abolish rights and cut social programs like family subsidies and My House, My Life. They menace even public education. They want to hand over national sovereignty change the division of goods and deliver the receipts from deep-salt-oil to foreign multinationals. What motivated the instigators of the coup first of all are our successes. By all means they want to tear down what I stand for: the project of development and social inclusion which we worked for daily throughout the last 13 years. To reach their goals they are willing to *** democracy and tear constitution apart, sow intolerance, hatred and violence between us. They are ready to humiliate Brazil in front of the international community as if it were some tiny republic and not one of the world’s largest democracies. Brazilians, I turn towards you to ask you to continue defending democratic legitimacy. To stay mobilized, at the workplace, in the schools, in the streets and in social networks. It doesn’t matter, whether you agree with government or not, it’s necessary to fight against a coup, a breach of the constitution which could force Brazil into a painful process of instability and insecurity No government is legitimate that wasn’t created through the people’s vote, free, direct, universal and secret. Without this vote by the people any government is just a tyranny. The tyranny of the strongest, the wittiest, the most rich and the most corrupt. I send a warning to all those that see the process of impeachment as a shortcut to power. You might be able to justify that for yourselves, but never you can look into the eyes of the nation because the word 'coup' will stay written for all times upon the foreheads of the traitors of democracy. I also want to greet those and thank them, those millions of Brazilians who went out during the last weeks to manifestations in defense of democracy freedom and the rule of law. This is an ample and enormous mobilization, because it roots in the most diverse parts of society. even from those that didn’t give me their vote who criticize my government but never loose the faith in Brazil. History will record the voices of those who didn’t stay spectators in this serious moment. Brazilians, our country has all requirements to get out of this crisis. To regain economic growth, employment, stability, a division of wealth, and opportunities for everyone. We need to find back together to the necessary peace to resume the course of change. But only respect for the democratic order can guarantee a reunification of the nation. We, citizens of Brazil, unknown people and famous ones, workers in the cities and on the countryside, businessmen, intellectuals and delegates, political and social leaders, citizens of all professions and age groups, men and women of all races and creeds, we all, citizens of our country are the guardians of those values that made Brazil this great nation. Therefore I am sure that Brazilian democracy will be victorious. Viva Brazil! Viva Democracy!