The lawyers, in the document presented to the House, tried to associate Dilma Rousseff with Operation Car Wash, cite failure in cases of corruption, investigated influence peddling against former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and fiscal cycling.[38][39] In addition, it contributed to support the request of six decrees signed by the president in the fiscal year of 2015 in disagreement with law guidelining the budget, which were published without the permission of Congress.[40]