A survey on the Federal Government’s Transparency Portal identified the payment of super-salaries to a group of the Armed Forces, which includes the candidate for vice president and former Minister of Defense, Walter Braga Netto, the former Minister of Mines and Energia, Bento Albuquerque, and the current Chief Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, Luiz Eduardo Ramos.
Among the three former ministers, the largest is Admiral Bento Albuquerque, who in 2020 received a total gross remuneration of more than one million reais in two months. Gross basic remuneration: R$ 709,041.47; vacation: R$ 59,631.63 and indemnity funds registered in military personnel systems: R$ 268,342.32. Gross total: BRL 1,037,015.42
In the case of the vice-presidential candidate on the ticket of President Jair Bolsonaro (PL), General Walter Braga Netto received a total of BRL 925,950.40. As follows: gross basic remuneration: R$ 492,462.01; vacation: R$ 119,996.72 and indemnity funds registered in military personnel systems: R$ 313,491.67.
The current minister of the general secretary of the presidency of the Republic, General Luiz Eduardo Ramos, received at the time a salary of R$ 731,879.43, of which R$ 101,572.05 of basic remuneration, R$ 92,508.64 in vacations, and R$ 537,798.74 in compensation amounts recorded in military personnel systems.
The highest value recorded by the survey of federal deputy Elias Vaz (PSB-GO) is that of a pensioner who received the gross amount of R$ 1,560,647.10 (plus the monthly salary in January 2020).
And there are still two other cases: the retired second lieutenant of the Air Force, José Paulo Delponte Pereira, who received in February 2020, in addition to his salary, another R$ 1,432,376.70 (gross amount); the retired air marshal of the Air Force, Juniti Saito, who had an extra payment in the month of April 2020 of R$ 1,401,936.58 (gross amount).
The data were extracted from the Public Portal where the public servants’ payrolls are detailed. The parliamentarian will request explanations from the Minister of Defense, General Paulo Sérgio Nogueira de Oliveira, about the payment of these extraordinary remunerations.
THE CNN requested the position of the others mentioned, in addition to the Ministry of Defense, the Army, Air Force and Navy and awaits their return.
Source: CNN Brasil
