Rousseff Cancels Trip to US and Prevents Vice President Temer from Assuming President's Position

03/30/2016 - 08h55

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MARIANA HAUBERT

VALDO CRUZ

FROM BRASÍLIA

President Dilma Rousseff decided on Tuesday (29) to cancel her trip to the United States next Thursday (31) to participate in the 4th Nuclear Security Summit, to be held in Washington.

The decision was taken when the PMDB formalized its withdrawal from the federal government's coalition and the political crisis faced by Rousseff intensified with the possibility that other allied parties will also leave the government base.

The cancellation of the trip also prevents Vice President Michel Temer, national president of the PMDB and the main articulator of the party's withdrawal from the government's base, from assuming the command of the country for two days.

According to the Constitution, the Vice President assumes the President's position when the holder leaves the national territory.

Translated by MARINA DELLA VALLE

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