Consequently, Cunha was in danger of losing his mandate as the Ethics Council of the Chamber moved a lawsuit against him. Rumors emerged about attempts to agreement between the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) and the Workers' Party (PT), in order to end this process, which he strongly denied. When the PT announced its support for the wedge term loss on the Board of Ethics, he would have accepted the request for impeachment as an instrument of blackmail.[30] In turn, Rousseff denied attempts to forge a deal to save Cunha and get rid of impeachment, as well as agreements to interfere with the Ethics Board in exchange for the approval of around CPMF (pt), which was another great need of the government.