Swiss Authorities Deny Claims of Brazilian Former Deputy Leader Cunha
Swiss Authorities Deny Claims of Brazilian Former Deputy Leader Cunha
Brasilia, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The Public Prosecutor of Switzerland denied the claims made by the president of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil Eduardo Cunha section and confirmed that existing bank accounts belong there, it was learned here today.
Brazil requested legal assistance in order to block the accounts of Eduardo Cunha and that request was accepted, said the Swiss bank, adding that only await the decision of the Brazilian authorities, or release by a court in the South American nation, to repatriate assets , Brazil reported 247 digital diary.
Last Thursday, Cunha testified before the Ethics Council of the Chamber, where he faces trial for violation of parliamentary decorum, and again refused to have his name secret accounts abroad.
In a statement provided to the Prosecutor of the Republic under agreement leniency, as part of the investigation by the Petrobras case, Ricardo Pernambuco Junior, of the firm Carioca Engenharia, told investigators that made deposits of Cunha -from bribery- for up to four million dollars. Payments would have been incurred between August 2011 and September 2014 as part of an illegal plot, involving companies that worked on the construction of so-called 'Puerto Maravilla', a project to modernize the port area of Rio de Janeiro.
I hope that the Public Ministry to obtain details on these accounts, so it is clear that I have nothing to do with any of those mentioned by Mr. Permambuco, 'and I challenge anyone to prove otherwise', repeated Cunha Thursday before the Ethics Committee, as quoted by Agencia Brasil.
On May 5 last the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court unanimously validated the Minister's decision Teori Zavascki to suspend Eduardo Cunha mandate as a federal lawmaker and head of the Chamber of Deputies. The 11 members of the Supreme Court endorsed the provision of Zavascki, who claimed that Cunha acted from his position as chairman of the House Detour aim to promote illegitimate interests.
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Temporary President Temer and Cunha
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