Cunha to the CPI: 'I am available for clarifications'

The appearance of the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), before the Petrobras Parliamentary Inquiry Commission surprised the parliamentarians present at the session. Cunha said he went to the commission to make himself "available to provide clarifications to the Commission"; Cunha's appearance is related to the fact that he is one of the possible individuals to be included on the list sent by the Attorney General's Office to the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to be investigated for alleged participation in a corruption scheme at Petrobras; "This parliamentarian insists and is available to provide clarifications to the Commission," he said.

March 05, 2015, 16:07 PMUpdated July 04, 2018, 23:27 pm

The appearance of the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), before the Petrobras CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) surprised the parliamentarians present at the session. Cunha said he went to the commission to make himself "available to provide clarifications to the CPI"; Cunha's appearance is related to the fact that he is one of the possible individuals included on the list sent by the Attorney General's Office to the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to be investigated for alleged participation in a corruption scheme at Petrobras; "This parliamentarian insists and is available to provide clarifications to the CPI," he said (Photo: Paulo Emílio).

247 - The arrival of the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), at the Petrobras Parliamentary Inquiry Commission surprised the parliamentarians present at the session. Cunha said he went to the commission to make himself "available to provide clarifications to the Commission." Cunha's appearance is related to the fact that he is one of those possibly included on the list sent by the Attorney General's Office to the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to be investigated for alleged participation in a corruption scheme at Petrobras.

"This congressman is keen and available to provide clarifications to the CPI," said Eduardo Cunha. He stressed that he has always publicly supported a CPI to investigate allegations of corruption and irregularities at Petrobras. "The CPI is the forum where everything that is happening will truly be debated," he emphasized.

Cunha entered the committee's plenary session shortly after a commotion involving the chairman of the CPI, Deputy Hugo Motta (PMDB-PB), and Deputy Edmilson Rodrigues (PSOL-PA).see here], at the moment when Motta indicated the auditing firm Kroll to collaborate with the CPI.