The Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, defended this Friday (6) the approval of a law to regulate compensation funds in the public service and stated that it is up to the National Congress to face the problem of super salaries. 
The statement was made in Salvador, after a meeting of the PT National Directorate, commenting on the decision by the minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Flávio Dino which suspended benefits paid without legal support.
According to Haddad, the lack of clear rules meant that the compensation funds lost their original character of reimbursement for expenses related to the exercise of public functions.
“It cannot be left without a rule, because the compensation amount, as the name suggests, is compensation. This concept has been lost over the years”, he stated.
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The minister criticized the multiplication of aid and benefits which, according to him, exceed 30 different types. For Haddad, this scenario is not reasonable and there should be a clear limit for this type of payment. He recalled that he has already defended, on other occasions, the creation of a ceiling for compensation.
In the opinion of the head of the Treasury, Flávio Dino’s decision is in line with the Constitution by determining that only funds provided for by law can be outside the public service ceiling, currently equivalent to the salary of a STF minister.
“The minister [Flávio Dino] you’re right. The person who has to regulate this matter is Congress. Perhaps the time has come to face this issue. But I’ve been saying for three years, look, this issue of super salaries is an issue that needs to be resolved”, he said.
Administrative reform
Haddad also lamented the paralysis of administrative reform in the National Congress. According to him, previous proposals that sought to regulate compensation funds, such as a PEC presented by deputy Pedro Paulo (PSD-RJ), did not advance, despite pressure from society for changes.
Flávio Dino’s decision determines that Executive, Legislative and Judiciary bodies review and suspend, within 60 days, payments classified as compensation that do not have a specific legal basis. The understanding is that many of these benefits are remunerative in nature and have been used to allow salaries above the constitutional ceiling. The measure still will be analyzed by the STF plenary.
