Brazil President is ousted of office in impeachment vote / 彈劾案通過 巴西總統羅賽芙遭罷免　　　　　　　　　　

On August 31, Brazil senators voted 61-20 to convict President Dilma Rousseff for illegally using money from state banks to boost public spending. The 9-month impeachment process finally came to an end as Rousseff was removed from office. However, the Senate vote on banning her from public office for 8 years failed to pass, meaning she could in theory return to politics. ==RICARDO LEWANDOWSKI, President of Brazil's Supreme Court== I give the result. 81 senators voted. There were no abstentions. 61 senators voted 'yes'. 20 senators voted 'no'. On August 31, Brazil's Senate voted 61 to 20 to remove suspended President Dilma Rousseff from office for manipulating the government budget. Rousseff denied all the charges and insisted that the practice was not an impeachable offense because other Brazilian presidents used similar techniques without facing punishment. Rousseff believes that her enemies are carrying out a coup. ==DILMA ROUSSEFF, Impeached President of Brazil== They (Brazil's Senate) have just impeached the first elected woman president of Brazil. There was no constitutional reason to do it. A coup was not done just to me and the party (Workers Party) and our party allies who have supported me. This was just the beginning of a coup that will indiscriminately beat back any progressive political organization - progressive and democratic. Rousseff became Brazil's first female president in 2010. She was re-elected in 2014 with 54.5 million votes. However, during her second term, she faced an impeachment process after being accused of corruption. Though the impeachment process that polarized Brazil and paralyzed its politics for 9 months finally came to an end, it seems that Brazil's political crisis remains unresolved. Though a dismissed president in Brazil is prevented from holding any government job, the senators voted 42-36 to allow Rousseff to maintain her political rights. The 75-year-old vice president Michel Termer will serve the rest of her term through 2018. TRANSLATED BY：ARIEL HSIEH