The president of the Joint Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPMI) of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS), Senator Carlos Viana (Podemos-MG), announced via social media, on Tuesday (2/12), that the summons of Fabio Luís Lula da Silva, known as Lolinha, will be discussed at the hearing on Thursday (4/12) at the College. The request was submitted by MP Marcel van Hatem (Novo-RS).
The request, sent to the Commission on Tuesday, alleges possible links between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s (PT) son and operators of the illegal pension deduction scheme.
The request is based on financial transactions involving ADS Soluções – identified by the investigation as the central part of “INSS Farra”, revealed Capitals – PT National IT Coordinator, Ricardo Bembo, and Lulinha Accountant, João Muniz Leite.
According to the document, the accountant received a payment from Bimbo in the same period that ADS transferred millions to Datacore, a company linked to the PT leader.
Party at INSS
- The INSS scandal was exposed by Capitals In a series of reports published from December 2023 onwards.
- Three months later, the portal showed that revenues from entities offering discounts on monthly fees to retirees had risen dramatically, reaching R$2 billion in one year, while associations responded to thousands of lawsuits for fraudulent membership of policyholders.
- Reports received from Capitals It led to the opening of an investigation by the Federal Police (PF) and informed the investigations by the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU).
- In total, the National Front included 38 articles on the portal in the representation that led to the process without an opponent, launched on April 23 of this year and which culminated in the dismissal of the President of the National Institute of Social Security and the Minister of Social Security, Carlos Lope.
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Lulinha has not been investigated
Although there is no formal investigation against Lulinya, the applicants say it needs to be made clear whether he was aware of these accounting relationships and whether his financial structure was used, directly or indirectly, by the operators of the scheme.
Through a post on X, Senator Carlos Viana stated that each request will be voted on individually and will appear on the session board.
“I announce that I will include in Thursday’s agenda the invitation of Fabio Luís Lula da Silva to testify before the INSS CPMI. I explain that each request will be voted on individually, so that Brazil can see, in full transparency, how each parliamentarian voted. The truth will emerge on the committee. The CPMI has no side, has no fear and has no owner. Complete transparency. Those who should not, do not fear. Brazil wants answers,” he wrote.