Michel Temer, Brazil's former vice president, has been sworn in as the country's new president,a few hours after the country's Senate voted to remove Dilma Rousseff from office.
Temer, 75, raised his hand and swore to uphold the constitution, drawing loud applause from his conservative supporters at Wednesday's ceremony in a packed Senate chamber.
He is expected to stay in power until the next scheduled election in late 2018.
Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman, reporting from the capital Brasilia, said Temer would shortly leave for China to attend a G20 summit without time to celebrate his inauguration. She said he would record a short video address to the nation which would be aired later in the day.
"Temer now carries all the weight of this country on his shoulders. We are talking about a massive $60bn-dollar deficit, worst recession this country has been in, double-digit inflation and millions of people out of work," she said.
Earlier on Wednesday, 61 of 81 senators voted to impeach suspended president Rousseff, after a five-day trial and a lengthy overnight debate.
Speaking to reporters, Jose Eduardo Cardozo, Rousseff's lawyer, said the former president would appeal her impeachment.
But several motions filed to the country's highest court throughout the impeachment proceedings have failed.
In a separate vote later on Wednesday, senators decided not to ban Rousseff from seeking a public office for the next eight years...
Source: Al Jazeera And Agencies
31/8/16
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Temer, 75, raised his hand and swore to uphold the constitution, drawing loud applause from his conservative supporters at Wednesday's ceremony in a packed Senate chamber.
He is expected to stay in power until the next scheduled election in late 2018.
Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman, reporting from the capital Brasilia, said Temer would shortly leave for China to attend a G20 summit without time to celebrate his inauguration. She said he would record a short video address to the nation which would be aired later in the day.
"Temer now carries all the weight of this country on his shoulders. We are talking about a massive $60bn-dollar deficit, worst recession this country has been in, double-digit inflation and millions of people out of work," she said.
Earlier on Wednesday, 61 of 81 senators voted to impeach suspended president Rousseff, after a five-day trial and a lengthy overnight debate.
- "They decided to interrupt the mandate of a president who had committed no crime. They have convicted an innocent person and carried out a parliamentary coup," Rousseff said in a statement following the Senate vote.
Speaking to reporters, Jose Eduardo Cardozo, Rousseff's lawyer, said the former president would appeal her impeachment.
But several motions filed to the country's highest court throughout the impeachment proceedings have failed.
In a separate vote later on Wednesday, senators decided not to ban Rousseff from seeking a public office for the next eight years...
Source: Al Jazeera And Agencies
31/8/16
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