Rio de Janeiro – the approval rating of Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff approval rating plunged to 8 per cent in August, a record low, according to a poll released Thursday by the Datafolha Institute.
A total of 71 per cent of those polled disapproved of Rousseff’s work, higher than the disapproval rate of 68 per cent scored by former President Fernando Collor prior to his impeachment in 1992, according to Datafolha.
Rousseff’s approval rate was even lower in the Midwestern region, including Brasilia, where she scored just 6 per cent, but higher in the Northeastern region where she reached 10 per cent.
The Datafolha poll was carried out between Aug. 4 and 5, with 3,358 electorate being polled in 201 towns across Brazil. The stated margin of error was 2 percentage points.
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The opposition has actively been seeking for Rousseff’s impeachment since her narrow re-election in October 2014.
Rousseff ‘s victory has made the Workers’ Party, the ruling party, become the party to hold the presidency for the longest period of time, with its candidates having been elected for four consecutive terms.
Over the past months several legal experts have said there is no legal basis for an impeachment process against Rousseff.
In Brazil, an impeachment cannot be called based only on popular dissatisfaction as the process needs to be backed by legitimate legal motives. (Xinhua/NAN)