SUSPENDED Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s lawyer presented her damning indictment of the legislative coup against her on Wednesday.

Ms Rousseff called the impeachment proceedings in the Senate a “farce” motivated by her resistance to “back-room deals.”

“Everybody knows that you are judging an honest woman, a public servant dedicated to just causes,” she said in a statement read out by former attorney general Jose Eduardo Cardozo. “I’ve honoured those who voted for me.”