“The health aid of R$300 for those earning up to R$3,700 exempted, in practice, the 14% Social Security discount. For those who receive up to the INSS ceiling, equivalent to R$7,786.00, the reduction in the rate increases to 9%. It is important to clarify that the implementation of this benefit was an achievement”, highlighted Duarte.
Regarding the commission’s work, the deputy highlighted that solutions will be studied for the social security deficit in Mato Grosso do Sul, which is around R$12 billion. The State Government contributes, in addition to the employer’s quota, approximately R$3 billion per year to contain the gap.
Increasing longevity is also a challenge for balancing Social Security accounts. “Today, people from Mato Grosso do Sul live much longer than at the beginning of this century. 40% of the State’s retirees are over 70 years old, which means around 10 thousand employees. Therefore, the time in which people receive retirement benefits also increases,” he said.
Mato Grosso
Among the measures, the possibility of including Mato Grosso in the discussions and seeking alternatives for a “historical and financial repair” of the neighboring state was raised, given that a significant amount of civil servants contributed to IPEMAT (Social Security Institute of the State of Mato Thick).
With the division of the State of Mato Grosso and the creation of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul in 1977, state employees were redistributed between the two federative units. The service time, however, was not interrupted. In this way, public employees stationed in Mato Grosso do Sul continued contributing to IPEMAT until the creation of Mato Grosso do Sul’s own pension scheme.
“When I spoke about the issue of Mato Grosso, of course this is a long time ago, many years old, but we are in the political world. This is something that everyone knows happened, Mato Grosso got the money, because they contributed to Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso Sul got the bill to be paid. There is a lot of time, but we are in the political world, we need to look for alternatives. And this demand is fair”, said deputy Paulo Duarte (PSB).
Echoing the demand to include Mato Grosso in the discussions, deputy Pedro Kemp (PT), recalled that this discussion had already been discussed previously, but did not prosper due to a “lack of political will”.
“When the State was divided, Mato Grosso do Sul was created, the civil servants who remained here in the State had already contributed to the IPMAT pension fund, in Mato Grosso. And that money was not returned. So we need to revive this story a little and see the possibility of this money returning to the Mato Grosso do Sul Pension Fund. And this discussion has been done countless times, but it doesn’t move forward. Because there was a lack of political will to solve the problem. So we have to put this point on the agenda and end this discussion once and for all”, stressed Kemp.
Paulo Duarte guaranteed that the commission will act responsibly and will present concrete proposals. “We are not going to deceive anyone. Let’s work seriously, without pointing fingers. Soon, we will meet with retirees and pensioners to take stock of the working group’s activity.”
With information from Alems and the Campo Grande News website.
