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Brazil's suspended President, Dilma Rousseff has described her impeachment trial as a "coup".
Rousseff is accused of having taken illegal state loans to patch budget holes. Testifying at the senate for the she called the accusations against her "a pretext for a constitutional coup", SKY NEWS reports.
"I've come to look your excellencies in the eye and to say that I did not commit a crime. I did not commit the crimes for which I have been accused unjustly and arbitrarily.
"I cannot help but taste the bitterness of injustice. But like I did in the past, I resist. Don't expect me to stay silent like a coward,'' she said.
A final impeachment vote which may last until Wednesday will determine Rousseff's political fate.
Rousseff is accused of having taken illegal state loans to patch budget holes. Testifying at the senate for the she called the accusations against her "a pretext for a constitutional coup", SKY NEWS reports.
"I've come to look your excellencies in the eye and to say that I did not commit a crime. I did not commit the crimes for which I have been accused unjustly and arbitrarily.
"I cannot help but taste the bitterness of injustice. But like I did in the past, I resist. Don't expect me to stay silent like a coward,'' she said.
A final impeachment vote which may last until Wednesday will determine Rousseff's political fate.
