"The acts that they accuse me of, they were practiced by other presidents of the republic before me. And it wasn`t characterized as being illegal acts or criminal acts. They were considered legal. Therefore, when I feel injustice, it`s because, with me, I was treated like no one else was treated," Rousseff was quoted as saying by the CNN broadcaster.
The Brazilian president has been facing a wave of public discontent for over a year amid the country`s struggling economy and a major corruption scandal in the state-owned Petrobras petroleum company.
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