One by the president of , (-PB), went on to accumulate two other public jobs with the functions he should perform in the cabinet, even after the Sheet reveal in July that she was attending college full time and that she even lived in another state while she was hired to work as an advisor.
Louise Figueiredo de Lacerda is a doctor in the city halls of and Alhandra (PB), a city 40 km from the capital of Paraíba, and was still registered as parliamentary secretary to the president of the Chamber. Her dismissal only happened after Motta was questioned by the Sheet.
In July, the Sheet showed that Motta kept three ghost employees in his office. Louise, who is the daughter of a political ally of the President of the Chamber, was one of them, the only one who had been kept even after the report.
At the time, she was studying medicine at Faculdade Nova Esperança, in João Pessoa. Since then, Louise has graduated and got two jobs as a doctor, without giving up her position in Motta’s office.
She started in Motta’s office in August 2018 with a salary of R$2,800, in addition to R$1,800 in aid. In total, he received around R$240,000 to work for the deputy from that year until this month.
Since August 2025, Louise has also been hired by João Pessoa City Hall as a doctor, with a salary of R$9,400 per month. She received payment in August and September, while maintaining her position in Motta’s cabinet.
There is no information about how much she earns in Alhandra, where she was hired on September 18 of this year, according to the Ministry of Health’s system. Her working hours are 20 hours per week.
The position of parliamentary secretary has a 40-hour work week and is prohibited from performing another public function. There is no need to clock in with biometrics in the Chamber, and Louise is hired to assist the deputy in the state, in Paraíba, without .
When contacted on Wednesday (8), Motta stated that Louise was no longer part of his cabinet. On the Chamber’s website, updated after contact from the reporter, it appears that she worked until Tuesday (7). The act of dismissal has not yet been published in the Chamber’s administrative bulletins.
In July, the president of the Chamber said, through his advisor, that he valued “strict compliance with the obligations of employees in his office, including those who work remotely and are exempt from duty within the rules established by the Chamber”.
Louise said this Thursday (9) to Sheet that she is no longer in Motta’s office “has been around for a while”, but stated that she does not remember the month in which she was dismissed.
She also denied having a link with Alhandra City Hall. When asked when she left there, she said it was “not the point”. The Ministry of Health’s system states that it is still active. Today, his only link is with João Pessoa City Hall, he stated.
In July, she hung up the phone when informed about the subject of the call, did not respond to the company’s questions. Sheet and blocked the report’s number on WhatsApp.
João Pessoa City Hall reported that she was hired on July 31, “starting to work in a Family Health Unit from August of the same year, regularly performing her duties”.
“When signing the contract, the doctor declared that she did not have another public position that could not be accumulated”, added the municipal management.
Alhandra City Hall did not respond to the report’s questions.
Louise joined Motta’s office in August 2018. At the time, she was studying pharmacy. The following year, she was approved at a medical school and spent six months in Mossoró (RN), even hired to work in the office in Paraíba.
At the beginning of 2020, he managed to transfer to an institution in João Pessoa, from which he graduated at the beginning of July. During this period, she was also approved to enroll in an extension course at another college in the capital of Paraíba.
Louise is the daughter of former councilor Marcílio Lacerda (Republicanos-PB), from the municipality of Conceição (PB).
His father was a councilor for three terms and, in 2024, ran for the Republican Party for mayor of the city. His uncle, Nilson de Lacerda, was mayor of Conceição and is a deputy state deputy, also for the Republicans. The president of the party in the state is Motta.
Three weeks ago, Nilson posted a message congratulating Motta on his birthday on his Instagram profile. In it, he says that the president of the Chamber is “a great friend who inspires me with actions, motivates with words and teaches by example”.
The other two ghost employees fired after reporting by the Sheet accumulated work.
Gabriela Pagidis is a physiotherapist and worked in two private clinics in Brasília. Monique Magno combined the position of parliamentary secretary with that of social worker at João Pessoa City Hall.
In addition to these three cases, the Sheet revealed that Motta employs in his office the caretaker of his farm in Serraria (PB), a city of 6,000 inhabitants 131 km from João Pessoa and 225 km from.
that Motta’s chief of staff, Ivanadja Velloso, has powers of attorney to operate the current accounts of several employees in the parliamentarian’s office. The president of the Chamber has refused to respond to journalists about the case.
