Retirees and pensioners of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) will not have more automatic discounts for civil society entities, even if they have authorized the withdrawal, said the Minister of the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU), Vinicius Marques de Carvalho. According to him, the return of discounted amounts this month will occur in the next payroll.
“The deducted resources of the retirees who would go to the associations in May no longer go to the associations. These resources will be retained and, in the next payroll, will be refunded to retirees. So you can already say, very clearly, that, from now on, no retired will be deducted from your payroll,” Carvalho said in a press conference at Planalto Palace.
On Wednesday (23), the government had suspended all agreements With the entities – associations, unions and confederations – that automatically discounted part of the INSS benefits to finance services. However, it was unclear what would happen to the discounted amounts of May benefits, which are being paid from Thursday (24) until May 8th.
According to Carvalho, no Retired or INSS pensioner will be discounted until the Operation investigations without discount They are over and the government reorganizes a new legal framework for agreements between the INSS and civil society entities.
“Only after this work that will be done, will we have a reorganization of it. And then, those who freely want to associate themselves and because they understand that it is worth them, the entities, who will surely also go through an assessment and will be considered probas, serious, who deserve the confidence of these retirees. CGU.
Historic
Between 2019 and 2024, these entities discounted R $ 6.3 billion of about 6 million insured insureds of the INSS, but the amount of this amount that stems from illegal discounts was not disclosed. The amount will be raised by a working group to be assembled.
Through agreements with the INSS, the insured could have discounted a monthly fee for entities that represent retirees and pensioners in exchange for benefits such as funeral, dental and psychological aids; Vacation colonies, gym and legal advice. However, there were complaints of unauthorized withdrawals. According to PF and CGU, the scheme began in 2016, intensified in 2019 and gained strength in 2022, when a normative instruction simplified the closure of agreements.
Suspension
The Director of Budgets and Finance and Logistics of the INSS, Débora Floriano, stressed that, with the suspension of discounts, the retirees and pensioners no longer need to enter the app my INSS or on the site of the same name to request the deletion of the agreement with the association. According to her, retirees and pensioners will not need to go to agencies of the organ or call 135 to suspend the withdrawal. “The weaknesses identified [nos convênios com as associações]the process will be improved, ”said Floriano.
Reimbursement
Regarding the reimbursement of improperly discounted amounts, Carvalho reported that he cannot give deadline, because the government needs to spend a comb in all discounts, which will depend on the survey to be executed by a working group that will be assembled.
“There is no way to give an illegally discounted retirees will be refunded. Those retirees who had discounts illegally, we, federal government, will guarantee the refund”Said the minister of CGU.
Debora Floriano stressed that not all discounted amounts of the 6 million policyholders are irregular and reiterated that the improper withdrawals will be reimbursed. “We could not specify which discounts are irregular. The reimbursement action is part of a plan that will be presented in due course,” explained the INSS director.
AGU
In a video on social networks, Union Attorney General Jorge Messias said that the organ’s work will focus on two fronts: collaborate with the INSS to eliminate weaknesses in agreements and ensure the reimbursement of values with proof of improper discounts.
“Every victim who is identified, having damaged and proven, we will be with the victims so that, in fact, the resources of this billionaire fraud are reimbursed,” said Messias.
