The president of the INSS CPMI and senator, Carlos Viana (Podemos – MG), clarified in an interview with Live CNN that the commission has constitutional limits to investigate the Master bank case, focusing only on irregular discounts made in retiree benefits.
According to Viana, the Master bank kept 254 thousand without confirmation or authorization from retirees. “We want to understand from Banco Master and Mr. Vorcaro where he got this card, this transfer to the INSS. Was it, in a way, republican or did she also have political favors that meant he received it without complete documentation?”, he asked.
The president of CPMI confirmed that he should give a statement on the 26th of this month. If he does not appear, Viana stated that he could order coercive driving.
“Now, with the date already set, he will come to Brasília. If that doesn’t happen, the CPMI can bring him under coercive conduct. It will get much worse if what we agreed with the defense doesn’t happen on the 26th, which is to send the police to pick him up at home – since we already have authorization from the Federal Supreme Court for him to come to Brasília”, he warned.
Limits of the investigation
Viana made a point of clarifying that CPMI cannot investigate the entire relationship between Master bank and the financial market and government institutions. “I would love to investigate all of Banco Master’s relationships, but I can’t do that – my constitutional limit of the CPMI, my authority and that of the parliamentarians who are with me, ends with irregular discounts”, he explained.
“Our relationship with Mr. Daniel Vorcaro and Banco Master is the 254,000 contracts he had in hand, without confirmation, and which were suspended by the INSS as soon as CPMI began to question and request information”, pointed out the senator.
He mentioned that other banks were also suspended for cheating retirees, citing . The president of the commission highlighted the problem of Social Security data leaks and the abusive practices of some financial institutions, which offer loans with very high interest rates to a vulnerable population.
“A person who retires today finds out that their retirement came before the INSS itself because banks call offering money. And these banks lent money at 22% per month. This is direct credit, this is deceiving people”, denounced Viana.
The president of CPMI defended changes in legislation and internal INSS ordinances to protect retirees. “It is no longer possible for banks to do whatever they want in relation to retirees,” he stated, highlighting the need to clarify the relationship between banks and Social Security to guarantee the rights of this vulnerable population.
“The case is in the Federal Supreme Court because it involves first-level authorities and, mainly, from the Legislature itself, and will remain there until this involvement is proven or not. In our case, the CPMI of the INSS, we have the authority to investigate irregular discounts”, reinforced Viana.
