In the early hours of Tuesday (12/2), the Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPMI) of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS), Senator Carlos Viana (Podemos-MG), announced the arrest of the former General Coordinator of INSS Benefit Payments, Josimar Fonseca da Silva.
The senator said: “Mr. Josimar, for saying here that you were not properly summoned and not providing the correct dates that the rapporteur asked you about regarding the anti-terrorism law, you are under arrest for concealing the truth. I ask the Secretariat and the police to take Mr. Josimar so that the act can be recorded.” After the decision, the session was closed.
Parliamentarians participating in the session that began on Monday (12/1) heard from the former director of the Institute for National Security. Josimar was removed from his position at the institute on July 27 of this year by court order. Investigations indicate that he signed a technical memorandum that approved wholesale social discounts requested by one of the parties participating in the plan.
Party at INSS
In his testimony, Josemar Fonseca da Silva did not convince parliamentarians of the motives that led him to support the launch of collective cuts in the salaries of retirees and retirees, even with a dissenting opinion from the Public Prosecution.
The former INSS director has twice missed INSS CPMI call-ups. He was found by the legislative police and taken to testify before the committee investigating the fraud scheme uncovered by the prosecution. Capitals.
Josemar was the target of 11 summonses, but he provided medical certificates not to attend the previous sessions.
Carlos Viana, head of the committee, said on Monday (1/12) that he would request an extension of the university’s work for another two months.
Increase in discounts
Josimar confirmed to the rapporteur of the CPMI, Rep. Alfredo Gaspar (Uniao-AL), that the associative discounts at the INSE grew year after year between 2022 and 2024. According to Gaspard, during his administration, the number of technical cooperation agreements (ACTs) jumped from 16 to 40.
Values also rose: they rose from R$800 million in 2022 to R$1.6 billion in 2023 and reached R$3.5 billion in 2024.
“I only had the power to propose, to evaluate the technical plausibility of each case. The final decision was not mine. My managers and the INSS President could cancel, reject or disapprove my recommendations,” Josémar Fonseca stated.