The opposition leader in the House of Representatives, Zucco (PL-RS), will file a criminal representation against the Minister of Social Security, Carlos Lupi, to the scheme at the National Institute of Social Security (INSS) that, according to the Federal Police, caused one.
The document points to the lack of action of the minister, even having prior knowledge of the problem, and also asks that the investigation be sent to the Supreme Federal Court (STF), if there is evidence, in addition to the removal of Lupi from office.
“It was not lacking legal and regimental attributions, not much less institutional tools, able to provide monitoring and control actions designed to curb the scandal of illegal discounts in pensions,” says Zucco.
Among some of the arguments given by the opposition, Zucco points out that there was an increase in denunciations of discounts without authorization in Retirement and Pensions of the INSS and did not take action for ten months, according to the minutes of the meetings of the National Social Security Council.
An atlasintel survey released on Thursday, 1st, shows that.
To date, the government signals that Lupi should remain in office. The Minister of Institutional Relations, Gleisi Hoffmann, defended Lupi’s permanence in government, but said that if there is something in the future will be removed.
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The PDT leader in the House of Representatives, Mário Heringer (MG) criticizes the conduct of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in this crisis and the treatment given to the Minister of Social Security, Carlos Lupi. According to him, the resignation of the chief of the portfolio could also lead to the departure of the bench from the base.
In the House, the pressure on the government and about Lupi grow. Also on Wednesday, the opposition filed an application requesting the creation of a Parliamentary Inquiry Committee (CPI) to investigate the fraud. It is up to the president of the house, Hugo Motta (Republicans-PB), to open or not the CPI.
In a House hearing on Tuesday, Pension Minister Carlos Lupi defended himself and said there were no actions on fraud now under investigation in past governments and said that the mentors are already appearing.
