The National Institute of Social Security (INSS) warned the federal government that it should paralyze activities next Wednesday (7), due to recent budget blockages.
By letter, to which the CNN had access, sent to the Federal Budget Secretary of the Ministry of Economy, Ariosto Antunes Culau, the body states that “the lack of resources will cause serious damage to the functioning of this Autarchy, causing suspensions of contracts, starting next Wednesday, the 12/07/2022, as well as immediate displacement of public servants, consequently impacting the service to the population and the provision of essential INSS services”.
This could lead to the closure of branches, suspension of expertise, delays in INSS payments and interruption of contracts with third parties.
The letter is signed by the president of the INSS, Guilherme Gastaldello, and was forwarded to the Budget Secretariat on Friday (2) with the subject “impact of budgetary restrictions within the scope of the INSS”.
Currently, there are around 18,000 people working at the INSS. Among institute employees, heard by the CNN the scenario is described as “end of the world” or, technically, a shutdowna term in English that means “turning off”, and which haunts several public bodies this year-end due to the blocking of resources, announced by the Ministry of Economy.
The INSS has been asking for budget recompositions for some time, to the point of warning of the difficulty of making retirement payments in December. These appeals, however, would not have resulted.
So much so that, in the official letter, Gastaldello states that, despite the efforts of the INSS and the partnership with the Ministry of Labor, which, according to the president of the institute, “helped with the budget while it was possible”, the body will adopt measures of an “emergency nature” . In addition to the blockages, he explains that the change in scenario is also due to “information that the demands for supplementary credits will not be met due to the restrictive scenario resulting from the assessment of primary revenues and expenditures for the 5th bimester”.
THE CNN sought the Ministries of Economy, Labor and the INSS, but have not yet received a response.
Source: CNN Brasil
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