The session of the Joint Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPMI) of the INSS (National Social Security Institute) will not vote on the summons of the Union’s attorney general, Jorge Messias, this Thursday (27), as there is no consensus among parliamentarians.
The president of the INSS CPMI, senator Carlos Viana (Podemos-MG) informed, at the opening of the session, that the applications without an agreement will only be voted on next Thursday, December 4th, the date of the last commission meeting in 2025 before the year-end recess in the National Congress.
“Both the leader of the opposition and the government, we sat down for a long time and reached a consensus so that we can move forward with the work. As president, I say that we will do what is possible today and next week, when we will have the last week of the CPMI year”
INSS Joint Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPMI) Photo:Lula Marques/ Agência Braasil.
Jorge Messias was appointed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to occupy the position of minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), replacing former retired minister Luís Roberto Barroso. His hearing at the Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ) will be on December 10th.
CPMI investigation
The commission seeks to identify failures and responsibilities for the breach that would have allowed undue discounts for retirees and pensioners to be maintained. According to parliamentarians, Messias had been warned about the fraudulent scheme and ignored official warnings.
To clarify the role of the AGU, in relation to irregular discounts, the AGU, Jorge Messias was previously invited by the INSS CPMI, but did not attend.
The commission’s parliamentarians want to know what actions Messias took after having access to information from the report by the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU) that indicated that associations were making undue discounts on retirees’ benefits.
Furthermore, whether the AGU’s possible decisions were made public, or whether they were kept confidential.
CPMI work
This Thursday, the INSS CPMI hears the testimony of Mauro Palombo, an accountant for several companies that, according to the CPMI, had received money from Amar Brasil (ABCB), an association identified as responsible for transfers of resources and fraud against retirees and pensioners. The accountant was summoned to clarify whether there was money laundering.
Parliamentarians also vote, this Thursday, on requests for summons, breaches of confidentiality, arrest of those allegedly involved and requests for information from various bodies, such as the Federal Revenue Service and DataPrev [Empresa de Tecnologia e Informações da Previdência Social]linked to the Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services.
