cut.jpg Announcement by CUT-BRASIL CUT, Brazil, 13 May 2016 In the plenary session of the Brazilian Senate held yesterday, May 11, it was approved by a 55/22 vote the admissibility of the impeachment of President Dilma. She was removed from office for a period of up to 180 days for the process to be completed. We reach a crucial moment of the most infamous coup committed against Brazilian democracy since the civil-military dictatorship was defeated in the early 1980’s. CUT-Brasil is organizing, along with other democratic-popular forces, represented by the Brazil Popular Front and the People Without Fear Front, a long resistance struggle against this initiative of Brazilian conservative forces that use the impeachment humbug to usurp power won at the ballot box by President Dilma, without her having committed any crime of responsibility. This is a coup d’Etat. By continuing the ritual prescribed by the judiciary, senators, several of whom are being investigated under suspicion of crime, have condemned an innocent woman. This is unacceptable and stains, shamefully, our republican history. The coup was engineered by conservative forces, instigated by the oligopolistic media and financed by national entrepreneurs who want to withdraw rights from the working class and multinational companies interested in the privatization of Brazilian companies and natural resources, such as pre-salt deep sea oil. It has been supported by reactionary sectors of the middle class with their pathetic demonstrations and its rite was formalized by the judiciary. This coup was firstly conducted outrageously by a greatly corrupt House of Representatives and is being finalized now by the Senate. Most MPs in both Houses have capitulated to the pressure of economic power, becoming complicit in the breakdown of democracy. Contrary to what the mainstream media noises, claiming that political institutions remain strong, this farce of impeachment reveals an advanced stage of decomposition. CUT-Brasil does not recognize this Temer government and condemns it as illegitimate since it betrayed the will of the majority of Brazilian citizens that elected President Dilma with 54 million votes in 2014. Her government remains the only one legitimately elected. Along with other democratic popular forces represented by the BPF and the PWFF fronts, we will resist any attempts to criminalize social movements or to withdraw rights from workers. We will fight the measures that have already been announced aiming at undermining labor relations into precarious work, reducing investment in social policies, slashing wages and ending the minimum wage appreciation policy, privatizing state-owned companies and overriding constitutionally earmarked expenditure for health and education, thus worsening the quality of public policies. We will not accept that the working class and the poorest sectors of the population are burdened with more sacrifices. CUT-Brasil will also oppose any initiative to give up national sovereignty in the face of imperialist centers. Brazilian workers will continue counting on international solidarity and CUT-Brasil will continue denouncing this illegitimate government and demanding the restoration of democracy in Brazil. NO TO THE COUP! DOWN WITH TEMER! DO NOT TOUCH OUR RIGHTS! CENTRAL ÚNICA DOS TRABALHADORES DO Brasil -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
