After the pronouncement of the president, Cunha said Rousseff lied to the nation when she said she would not participate in any bargain and that the government had much to explain to the country. Cunha claimed he was not aware of negotiations and that he had not met Jaques Wagner (the supposed intermediary in negotiations with Rousseff). Declaring himself against PT, he said he would rather not have the three votes from the party in the Council of Ethics.[32]