Early in her inaugural speech, the president Dilma Rousseff highlighted the historical significance of electing a woman to rule the country. 'My mandate must include the translation of this most generous daring' - she pledged.

Besides repeating what she had said in her first speech after elected on 31 October, when she show her willingness to 'reach out to the opposition', the president Dilma Rousseff demanded the mobilisation of all people to advance in the proposed reforms.

'It is important to remember that the fate of a country is not limited to the government action. It is the result of work and of transforming action from all Brazilians. The Brazil of the future will be exactly the size of what we do together for it today, the size of the participation of every one, i.e. of: social movements; those who toil in the country; self-employed persons; workers and small entrepreneurs; intellectuals; servers; entrepreneurs; women; blacks; Indians; young people; all those struggling to overcome various forms of discrimination' - she enumerated.

Energy
Dilma Rousseff recalled the discovery of oil in the pre-salt and demanded the application of 'responsible' funds, obtained from the exploitation of the mineral. 'My government has a responsibility to transform the enormous wealth in long term savings, which can provide for current and future generations quality public services' - she said.
The country for her is experiencing 'just the beginning of a new era', of economic and social development. 'For the first time, Brazil has the chance to become a developed nation' - she stated. Dilma assured that this development will be done while preserving the natural reserves of the country.

She defended that grow rapidly without destroying the environment is possible. 'We are and will be the world champions of clean energy. Ethanol, hydroelectric power, and alternative power will have high priority and encouragement' - she said.

Transparency in politics
The new president stressed the need for at least two reforms, which should be sponsored by her government, i.e. political reform and tax reform. Regarding politics, Dilma described it as 'irrefutable and urgent'; a reform that changes the law and make 'our young democracy advance, strengthening the programmatic sense of parties and improving institutions, restoring values, and giving more transparency to the public activity.
Tax reform was remembered by the need to ensure a higher economic growth cycle, with price stability and reduction of 'locks that still inhibit the dynamism of our economy'. The goal, according to her, is to facilitate the production and encourage entrepreneurship.

'It is urgent to implement a set of measures to modernise the tax system, guided by the principle of simplification and rationality. The intensive use of information technology should be in service of a progressive system of high efficiency and respect for taxpayers' - she said.

According to the ceremony of the Chamber of Deputies, roughly one thousand people, among them guests and members of foreign delegations participated in the inauguration of president Dilma Rousseff's term in Congress. Also nearly one thousand servers attended the event (from Chamber and Senate), including five hundred accredited journalists.