MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to the broadcaster Globo, she headed for her apartment in Porto Alegre in southern Brazil after leaving the residence on Tuesday. The day before, her luggage started to be taken from the Alvorada Palace. Near the residence, she was welcomed by hundreds of her supporters who also followed her to the plane.
Rousseff leaves Brazil presidential palace for last time https://t.co/jivlWyxj6G
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) 7 сентября 2016 г.
In May, the Brazilian Senate voted to open impeachment proceedings against Rousseff after she was accused of concealing the budget deficit ahead of the 2014 re-election. Rousseff was suspended from office for 180 days, pending the trial, while she denied any wrongdoing. In late August, Brazilian senators voted to remove Rousseff from the presidential post.
While many remain resentful of her party, the Worker's Party, in the wake of the Petrobras scandal, allegations against Rousseff herself have been decried as a product of political opportunism.
