Party accuses the Minister of Institutional Relations of Attempted Personal Promotion of the President in Institutional Video
The new sent on Monday (24.mar.2025) a representation to the (Federal Court of Audit) in which he accuses the chief minister of the Secretariat of Institutional Relations, of personal promotion of the president (PT) in an institutional video of the federal government.
According to the party, the minister violated the principle of impersonality in public administration by publicizing a government program that directly praises the president. In the video, Gleisi calls the new payroll loan program “Lula loan”. This is the representation (PDF – 240 kb).
“The constitution is clear, institutional publicity should serve the public interest, not the personal promotion of authorities. What we have seen in the video of Minister Gleisi Hoffmann is the misuse of the public machine in a blatant attempt to anticipate electoral propaganda to 2026. This directly hurts the principle of impersonality and cannot be normalized.”said the leader of the new in the House of Representatives, (SP).
In the representation, the new bench asks the president of TCU, Minister Vital do Rêgo, grants a precautionary measure against the convey of new advertising pieces that use the expression “Lula loan”.
Watch the video where Gleisi talks about the “Lula loan” (1min8s):
Understand the “Lula loan”
The measure establishes changes to the loan modality. In payroll loans, the payment of installments is discounted directly on the payroll or benefits, which makes the operation safer for the bank in case of any default.
The model allows up to 10% of the FGTS balance and 100% of the termination fine to be used as warranty, reducing the risk of default and allowing lower rates. The payroll loans will have a limit of up to 35% of the salary for loan installments.
The sport is mainly aimed at civil servants and beneficiaries of the INSS (National Institute of Social Security), who are easier with the debit in the payroll. According to the farm, the idea with the measure for the private sector is to reduce interest charged to workers.
The initiative, called Worker Credit, can benefit up to 47 million private sector employees, including domestic, rural and hired meis (individual microentrepreneurs) employees, according to the federal government.
This Friday (21.mar), day of launching the sport, she on loan.
