He excluded her from social media, which mocked an alleged lack of support after the commander heard complaints from the president (PT) and the Minister of Defense.
Admiral Olsen was called to explain himself to the authorities after members of the government pointed out the admiral’s breach of agreement by exposing disagreements between the government and the military.
The negative repercussion generated criticism of the Navy commander in government and calls for Olsen to be fired from his position. The main argument is that the head of the Naval Force had acted politically by making veiled criticisms of the minister’s (Finance) fiscal package, which .
The report sought advice from the Navy and Admiral Olsen, but received no response.
The video released by the Navy contrasted scenes of sailors during rescue operations and military training with images of people in leisure time enjoying beaches, parties and trips.
The recording said that soldiers in the Navy would have to “get used to a life of sacrifice.” At the end, a sailor said directly to the camera: “Privileges? Come to the Navy.”
The footage was released on December 1st, one day after the commanders met with President Lula, at lunch at the Palácio da Alvorada on a Saturday to express their objections to the fiscal package.
Ministers heard by Sheet They considered the video to be inappropriate and a source of great embarrassment to the government. In response, according to reports, Olsen justified that he needed to show internally that the Navy was not helpless in the face of offensives against career benefits.
Olsen was at the Naval War College, in Rio de Janeiro, on Monday (16), for a lunch with veteran sea captains and active and reserve admirals. Around 60 people participated.
The meeting takes place at the end of the year, as a celebration. It is a way for the head of the Force to listen to the demands of retired military personnel.
According to reports made to Sheetthe main topics of the meeting were the change in pensions and the negative impact of the video on the government.
Olsen told the officers that he heard Lula’s complaints and needed to be diplomatic to reverse the situation and contain the damage. He said that the Force felt helpless with successive spending cuts, setbacks in its strategic projects and, more recently, with changes in retirement.
Even denying that the career has privileges, when he goes to reserve in 2023.
The amount is made up of a compensation amount of R$394 thousand and delayed vacations worth R$216 thousand, paid in January of last year, in addition to other compensation resources of R$444.5 thousand, received the following month. The information is from the Transparency Portal.
The amount includes a , provided for in Brazilian legislation, as a .
The two main benefits are the payment of eight times the soldier’s salary upon leaving active service (Olsen’s gross salary is almost R$38,000) and the payment of special licenses.
This last benefit was extinguished in 2001 by former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso. He predicted that, for every ten years of work, soldiers would have 6 months off — if they were not taken, the benefit would be received at the end of their career.
Because Olsen was declared a midshipman in 1982, he was entitled to two special leave payments upon retirement.
The Navy said that the payment of military personnel in the country strictly complies with the current legal framework and its updates, as follows: Provisional Measure No. 2,215, of August 31, 2001, Decree No. 4,307, of July 18, 2002 and Law No. 13,954, of December 16, 2019.
