The Minister of Labor, Luiz Marinho, said on Wednesday (30) that the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) will be strengthened from the crisis generated by the investigation of the Federal Police about.
According to him, the moment is to confront and correction of failures, which should result in system improvements. “I’m sure we’re going to go through this problem. We’ll turn this page and the INSS will be stronger,” Marinho said during an interview with the program Good morning, ministerdo Canal Gov.
Operation “without discount”, launched last week, revealed that at least through unauthorized discounts applied by unions and associative entities directly on the benefits paid by the INSS. The case led to the dismissal of the then president of the agency, Alessandro Stefanutto, and motivated the government to suspend all agreements with entities that operated these transfers.
Marinho stated that the government is committed to the exemplary punishment of those involved. “The government goes to the last consequences to punish who should be punished. This was the word of Minister Lupi in the House of Representatives. Those who missed have to pay,” he said. He also assured that the Federal Police have “total freedom” to conduct investigations and hold everyone involved in the scheme.
The minister cited colleague Carlos Lupi, holder of the Social Security portfolio, who on Tuesday (29) provided clarification to the Social Security Commission of the House of Representatives.
For Marine, it is essential to differentiate the legitimate entities from those who acted in bad faith. “As Minister Lupi has said, it is time to separate the chaff from the wheat. We have to identify the serious entities that are truly retired and pensioners, and isolate those with a vocation for trickery, which take advantage of people’s innocence,” he said.
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Marine’s statement occurs in a moment of strong political and institutional pressure on the government, which tries to contain the effects of the crisis. In addition, the repercussion of the case provoked reactions in Congress and the productive sector, amid an environment already tensioned by the high of food inflation and the wear of the INSS image.
