Eduardo Cunha, President Dilma Rousseff’s most powerful adversary, said he won’t resign as head of Brazil’s lower house even as some of his supporters in Congress urged him to leave following news reports that he received kickbacks. He denies any wrongdoing.
The political blow, which Cunha blames on the federal prosecutor’s office, reduces his ability to spearhead attacks against the government. As head of the lower house, Cunha has the power to accept requests to initiate impeachment proceedings againstRousseff.
Reports of a corruption scandal involving Cunha were on the front pages of the country’s three largest newspapers Saturday. He allegedly used accounts in Switzerland to receive kickbacks from aPetroleo Brasileiro SA contract in Africa, the newspapers Folha de S. Paulo, Estadao and O Globo reported.
Brazil Energy Insight 
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