In Brazil, there will be new season after Rousseff impeachment: Pundit

Press TV has interviewed Ramin Vahidzadeh, an Ibero-American affairs expert from Tehran, about the situation in Brazil ahead of the impeachment of suspended President Dilma Rousseff.

The following is a rough transcription of the interview.

Press TV: How convoluted is Brazil's politics as we speak right now?

Vahidzadeh: The politics are in a turmoil, because the suspended president is going on campaign against her impeachment in every and each hour that she can. And also the opposition is going against her to gain their vote against her and impeach her at last. The move that Ms. Rousseff has done yesterday was a desperate move because she had to do it before going on the impeachment row. Nevertheless, she thought that they can't go against her that much and put her on suspension.

So right now what is likely to go on is the impeachment against Ms. Rousseff going to oust her from power and from office and Mr. Temer will be in the president office till 2018 and then a new election. There is a very little probability here that if the opposition is going to vote in favor of Ms. Rousseff on the plebiscite and the elections, it's very unlikely, but they can go with this scenario also because in this way they can legitimize their power, they can legitimize Mr. Temer which has no popularity among the people.

So it can be a new scenario but it's very unlikely to happen. So after this impeachment vote there will be a new season in Brazil. This new season is going on how Ms. Rousseff wants to campaign and Mr. Lula also. Because Ms. Rousseff has planned to go out of the country once the impeachment is done. So it's possible that it could be an auto exile for her and she couldn't be there for the rest of her life.

And also Mr. Lula has a case against him for the Petrobras and the carwash scandal. So it's very difficult to say what would happen to the Workers Party here, because these two leaders were the key issues for the Workers Party. And right now we are seeing that this party is going down the drain and also the opposition is gaining power. Nevertheless, the people in the streets are against Mr. Temer, because they are saying that he is not elected by us, he has to go to elections.

And also the opposition people in the streets are saying that although we are against Ms. Rousseff, but it’s not fair to put her aside with these allegations against her. So the new scenario could go somehow into chaos, because if she manages to stay in the country or leave the country, and being a spiritual leader, she can have the influence in the country against the opposition that will be the legitimate power after she's out of office. It can go either way. We have to see how the senate is going to vote and how Ms. Rousseff is going to act.

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