Petrobras Scandal

BRAZIL POLITICS - Report 05 Feb 2015 by Murillo de Aragão and Cristiano Noronha

Creation of Petrobras CPI authorized The president of the House of Representatives, Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), has authorized the functioning of the Petrobras CPI (Investigative Parliamentary Committee). The request was read on the House floor. Now, party leaders have 48 hours to nominate members of the committee. This deadline, however, may be extended until next week. The CPI is scheduled to start functioning after Carnaval. The support of 52 federal representatives of the allied base for the creation of the Petrobras CPI represents the government’s second defeat in the first week of Congre...

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