Over Million Held Protest against Brazilian President
KABUL: (Middle East Press) Over a million people have held mass Demonstration against the Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff in Brazil’s Sao Paulo to oppose the President a target of rising dissatisfaction amid a faltering economy and a massive corruption scandal at state oil giant Petrobras.
Large protests were also held in other major cities on Sunday, with 20,000 demonstrators marching in the capital Brasilia, 15,000 on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro and 4,000 in Salvador de Bahia, according to police estimates.
According to reports from Sao Paulo, the large crowds had turned out in force to voice their feelings about the direction of the country under Rousseff and the ruling Workers Party (PT).
Sao Paulo, the country’s economic Centre, is a stronghold of opposition to Rousseff.
Dressed in the yellow and green of Brazil’s flag, many protesters demanded the impeachment of Rousseff who has just begun her second term after re-election at the end of 2014.
A few protesters even called for military intervention to end the Workers Party’s 12 years in power.
Construction contractor Alessandro Braga, 37, attended the rally in Brasilia with his wife and son.
No one has yet been convicted, but some of the alleged wrongdoing took place while Rousseff was chairman of the Petrobras board.
