The Joint Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPMI), which investigates undue discounts on the INSS retirees’ payroll, appealed to the Federal Supreme Court (STF) to extend its activities with the resistance of the President of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre (União-AP), in analyzing the request. Currently, the deadline is March 28th.
In a security mandate sent to minister André Mendonça, senator Carlos Viana, president of the commission and deputies Alfredo Gaspar de Mendonça Neto, rapporteur, and Marcel Van Hattem (Novo-RS), request an injunction against the “omissive act of the Board of Directors and the President of the National Congress, Senator of the Republic Davi Alcolumbre”. Parliamentarians say they have been waiting for almost three months for Alcolumbre to receive and read the request to extend the CPMI deadline.
“The non-receipt of the application (CD 251189898400) is just another factual demonstration that the Board of Directors and the president of the National Congress do not want the extension of the “CPMI of the INSS”, which has played a fundamental role in analyzing documents and processing information to uncover crimes committed against retirees, widows, disabled people and pensioners in the country.”
The request for a 120-day extension was filed on December 19th by Representative Van Hattem, with the support of more than two hundred parliamentarians (175 deputies and 29 senators). Parliamentarians argue that the request meets all constitutional requirements: it was signed by a third of the members of the Legislative House, the indication of a determined fact to be investigated and the definition of a deadline for its duration.
According to them, at this moment, there are 3127 requests presented by their members, with 2239 having been analyzed. The parliamentarians also argue that it is essential to hear from central figures for parliamentary investigations, such as the leader of the National Confederation of Agricultural Workers (CONTAG) and the current Minister of Social Security. They also cite the need to analyze thousands of data breaches of confidentiality from the former controller of Banco Master, Daniel Vorcaro.
“This persecutory activity of Parliament cannot be subtracted by the will of the Board of Directors of the National Congress and, much less, by its president or by any parliamentary majority or political force of the current government. Allowing the non-extension of the activities of the “CPMI of the INSS” is a direct violation of the subjective public right of investigation of the parliamentary minority.”
