The president of, (), employs in his office the caretaker of his farm in Serraria (PB), city of 6,000 inhabitants 131 km from João Pessoa and 225 km from.
Ary Gustavo Soares has been hired as advisor to the parliamentary office since 2011. Currently, he receives R $ 7,200 in salaries and aid paid by the House.
He holds the position of Parliamentary Secretary, who provides 40 hours per week and exclusive dedication, which means that the employee needs to work eight hours per day and can have no other public work or private bond incompatible with parliamentary activity, according to law and rules of the Chamber.
Sought through his press office since Wednesday (13), Motta did not comment.
A Sheet He traveled to sawmill and talked to current and old employees of the farm, neighbors and agricultural technicians working in the region. Everyone confirmed that Ary works as a home on the property.
It also figures in labor law filed against Motta’s farm, responding as a owner’s mayor.
According to former employee Antonio da Costa, who was a tractor at the scene until June 2023, the caretaker usually arrives at the scene earlier this week and is until Friday, sleeping at the main house of the property.
He said that the Motta employee returns on weekends to Patos, where he lives with his family. Costa reported that, as a tractorist, he received all his orders directly from Ary.
The former strateist sued the farm in the second half of 2023, after being fired, for not having a formal contract. Ary was the employer’s representative in the process. Costa won the action and received $ 18,000.
The report was on the afternoon of last Tuesday (12) until the entrance of the farm, a blue gate on the banks of the PB-085 highway. The caretaker had arrived a few hours earlier, around 1 pm, coming from ducks.
A Sheet He talked to Ary over an employee who is in the gate of the property. The caretaker refused to leave the scene, did not want to answer the questions of the report and said that any issue related to the farm should be treated with Motta.
This employee, who identified himself only as Maria, confirmed that Ary works on the farm. “He passed there early today, “he replied when he was questioned if he was on the property.
The same was reported by Juliana de Lima, an employee of the Paraíba Rural Extension Agency, who assists the local farms.
To enter the farm, he explained, it is necessary to talk to Maria, who calls Ary, who authorizes the entry. “The people there are isolated,” he added.
In addition, one of the property neighbors, who declined to be identified, said that when he has questions to resolve about Motta’s farm, he deals with Ary.
Each deputy is entitled to a cabinet money of R $ 133,000 per month to hire 5 to 25 parliamentary secretaries. They earn between R $ 1,584.10 and R $ 18,719.88, as well as food allowance and other bonuses.
The work of these employees is governed by a law, acts and regulations that establish the type of work linked to parliamentary activity, the dedication regime, the workload and the limitation to the exercise of other functions.
The act of the Board of the Chamber of Deputies 72, 1997, says in the first article that the position of Parliamentary Secretary is intended to provide “direct and exclusive” service in the offices to meet parliamentary activities.
The House of Representatives website as an impediment to hold the position “to have an employment relationship with a private company and/or perform any activities at a place and time incompatible with the exercise of the position in committee”.
Law 8,112, of 1990, which disciplines the legal regime of public servants, prohibits employees to perform other activities, which includes private action, “that are incompatible with the exercise of the position or function and working hours”. Ary, according to witness reports, spends almost the whole week on the farm.
In turn, the act of table 24, 2015, determines that House officials are subject to the ordinary workday of 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week. Parliamentary secretaries crowded in the states of representation of deputies may fulfill working hours of work established by their bosses. By the rules of this type of position, the parliamentary secretary has no obligation to hit a point in person in the House.
According to local politicians heard by Sheet In Patos, Ary works as a driver of the mayor in the city, the parliamentarian’s political cradle, on weekends. During the week, when Motta is in Brasilia, takes care of the farm.
The annex of the act of table 58 of 2010 establishes that, as assistant or assistant, parliamentary secretaries can drive vehicles and provide other types of support. Any function, however, remains submitted to the requirement to “comply with parliamentary activities”, without permission to meet the deputy’s particular issues.
Motta bought the farm in March 2023 for R $ 2.7 million ,. Rather, she belonged to former Senator Raimundo Lira (Republicans-PB).
The farm is registered in the name of a company that belongs to the wife of the mayor, Luana Motta, and to her two children, Medeiros & Medeiros Ltda.
The venue is the headquarters of the Tapuio Agriculture, the fantasy name of a parliamentary company, Hugo M Wanderley da Nobrega Ltda. It was this company that Antonio da Costa sued to have their labor rights recognized.
The mayor’s family also employs in public office two relatives of the caretaker.
His wife, Isabella Peronic, has a position in the office of Hugo Motta’s grandmother, Francisca Motta. Your salary is $ 14.3 thousand per month.
Ary’s brother André Guedes is Patosprev’s superintendent, an entity that manages the social security of employees of this area of the city. He receives $ 13,000 per month. The mayor of Patos, responsible for the appointment of André, is Nabor Wanderley, father of Hugo Motta.
In July, the Sheet Motta revealed: Physiotherapist Gabriela Pagidis, Social Worker Monique Magno and Medical Student Louise Lacerda.
After the report sought Motta to hear him about the case, Pagidis and Magno were fired. Lacerda continues to work in Motta’s office. She is the daughter and niece of two mayor allies in her homeland.
At the time, Motta stated that “he values strict compliance with his office employee obligations, including those who act remotely and are dispensed from the point within the rules established by the House.”
