The president of the INSS Joint Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPMI), senator Carlos Viana (Podemos-MG), will appeal to the Federal Supreme Court (STF) to extend the work of the collegiate for at least 60 days. According to him, a request for an extension was filed with the House for a decision by the president of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre (União-AP), but there has not yet been a decision. 
Therefore, Viana said he is considering appealing to the court to ensure the continuity of the work, which began on August 20th. According to the president of the Commission, signatures have already been collected to extend the work of the collegiate, which is scheduled to end on March 28th.
“As I did not receive a formal response from the President of the Senate regarding the extension of the INSS CPMI, I, together with other parliamentarians, will appeal to the Federal Supreme Court so that the CPMI can be extended within the deadline stipulated by the signatures that we have, since by legislation we have the right for it to remain for at least another 60 days”, stated the senator.
For Viana, the deadline is necessary to delve deeper into the facts investigated. The president of CPMI also said that, given the scenario of work ending, a meeting of the collegiate, scheduled for Thursday (26), should discuss the direction of the work, including the definition of the next statements.
“On Thursday, we will hold a deliberative meeting in which I will bring the requests, especially of names that we have already put forward, of banks, because these people have to come…”, he informed.
“In a way, it is our last great opportunity to resolve breaches of confidentiality and summonses, because if we are unable to extend the CPMI, our deadline will have been very short in relation to the documents we are requesting”, he informed.
Vorcaro
The senator also said that he has not yet received the information obtained from the breaches of banking, tax and telematic secrecy by the former owner of Banco Master, Daniel Vorcaro, whose testimony was scheduled to take place this Monday.
Delivery of information was determined last week by the new rapporteur of the Master case at the STF, minister André Mendonça. Minister Dias Toffoli, then rapporteur, had determined that the evidence be kept under the custody of the Presidency of the Federal Senate. CPMI appealed, arguing that the measure restricted its constitutional prerogative to investigate, by assigning custody of the elements to an authority that is not part of the commission.
Viana criticized André Mendonça’s decision to grant habeas corpus giving the banker the right not to be obliged to appear at CPMI.
“The country is appalled at what is happening with this constant interference in the work of parliament and a CPMI. I have already asked for an agenda with Minister André Mendonça, I personally want to take our arguments to him. I understand his position, but it has harmed us and I hope that we can reverse this in the shortest possible time”, he argued.
Vorcaro, who is under house arrest, was summoned to speak to CPMI members about irregularities involving payroll loans and the losses caused to retirees, pensioners and INSS beneficiaries. Banco Master had a technical cooperation agreement with the institute to offer payroll loans.
The senator also criticized Vorcaro’s defense proposal that the testimony be given in São Paulo, with only a few members of the CPMI. For Viana, the banker has received “absurd protection”.
“I do not consider this hypothesis. I understand that each and every person has an obligation to come to this commission, as others have already done. It is an absurd shield so that Vorcaro does not answer for the crimes he is involved in. We have seen a series of attempts to ensure that Mr. Vorcaro receives protection over what happened”, he stated.
