Brazil's Rousseff accuses opponents of 'coup-mongering'

Embattled Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has accused the political opposition of seeking to oust her government by "coup-mongering", the BBC News reported on Wednesday.

Speaking at a meeting of union leaders, Rousseff also said her opponents were spreading hatred and intolerance across the country.

Her comments come after an audit court last week ruled that she broke the law in managing last year's budget.

The opposition says this could pave the way for impeachment proceedings.

Rousseff was re-elected less than a year ago but currently has record low popularity ratings.

Addressing the gathering in San Paulo on Tuesday, the president accused the opposition of practicing "deliberate coup-mongering" against a "project that has successfully lifted millions of Brazilians out of poverty".

"The artificiality of their arguments is absolute, their poisoning of people in social networks, their relentless game of 'the worse she does, the better for us'," Rousseff said.

Her remarks follow the ruling of the Federal Accounts Court on accusations that the government borrowed money illegally from state banks to make up for budget shortfalls.

Source: MENA