Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff for impeachment had been filed with the Chamber of Deputies against Rousseff, but Cunha did not accept any, except for that of Hélio Bicudo and lawyers Miguel Reale Júnior and Janaína Paschoal. Much of the pro-impeachment movement (including the Free Brazil group and ) joined Bicudo's request. Congressmen supportive of the impeachment also organized a petition in its favor, which garnered the signatures of two million Brazilians. Documents presented to the House attempted to implicate Rousseff in the controversy uncovered by Operation Car Wash, citing a failure to investigate corruption allegations against former President Luiz Lula da Silva, in addition
Dilma Rousseff propaganda for sexual options". In 2014, during the presidential elections, President Dilma Rousseff supported the criminalization of homophobia. Since 25 May 2012, Rousseff's government faced a number of strikes by public employees, especially university professors. Rousseff was inflexible, and the strike left millions of students without classes for months. According to O Globo, a Rio de Janeiro newspaper, she believes private sector jobs should be prioritized by her government's policies. Rousseff was ranked fourth in "Forbes"' 2014 list of the most powerful women in the world, and the second most powerful in 2013. In 2015 she was the 7th, and