MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Rousseff regards the impeachment proceedings as a coup attempt.
"I continue fighting to avoid impeachment. The process is only complete with a vote in the Senate. Six senators are needed to prevent [the impeachment]," Rousseff said on her Twitter account.
In May, the upper house of the Brazilian parliament voted 55-22 to start impeachment proceedings against Rousseff after she was accused of concealing the country’s budget deficit ahead of the 2014 re-election.
She has been suspended from office for 180 days, pending trial. Vice President Michel Temer is assuming presidency during that period.
