The Attorney General of the Republic, Rodrigo Janot during a session of the Supreme Court (Supreme Court)
The Attorney General of the Republic, Rodrigo Janot, confirmed on Thursday the opposition parliamentarians that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), owns secret bank accounts in Switzerland, both in his name and in family - and the balance found in applications has been blocked by the authorities of the European country. The statement by the chief prosecutor will be the basis for parliamentary PSOL to forward a request for revocation of the PMDB to the Board of Ethics of the House.
Wedge refuses to comment on the investigation and in testimony to the CPI Petrobras denied having offshore accounts. On Thursday, after the announcement that the PSOL will use Janot responses to request revocation of his term, Cunha said lawmakers asking their output are "a well-known opposition." "If they enter [the Ethics Council] is their right. I will answer in the time that you have to answer. He entered the Council of Ethics, I'll answer where to enter. I'm not worried about it."
The Public Prosecutor of Switzerland Eduardo Cunha investigates the crimes of corruption and money laundering. On Wednesday, a group of thirty deputies, mostly from PT, filed in Magistrate representation requesting the opening of investigation against Cunha. Congressman longer responds to investigation by the Attorney General on suspicion of corruption and money laundering, but it can be the target of new charges in the Supreme Court (STF) because of the secret accounts abroad.
The engineer João Augusto Henriques, appointed by prosecutors as one of the PMDB operators in Lava Jato, was one of the investigated in petrolão citing Eduardo Cunha as one of the beneficiaries of money in secret accounts abroad. In testimony to the federal police, he said he transferred money to a checking account whose real recipient was the mayor.
At Justice, the lobbyist Julio Camargo, who acted in favor of Toyo Setal company also said the Deputy Eduardo Cunha asked 5 million Petrobras propinoduto of dollars on a contract drilling ships. Another whistleblower, former manager of the International Area of Petrobras Eduardo Musa said it was up to Cunha, as a parliamentarian, give the "final word" on the decisions of the International board, when the board was controlled by the defendant in petrolão Jorge Zelada.
