Recently, promoted by Léa Blessy, Acting President of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS), the organization’s Citizen Relations Management Coordinator, Wesley Aragão Martins, concluded in just one year 53 technical cooperation agreements (ACTs) with fishermen’s associations and colonies on Maranhão Island to mediate the granting of defense insurance (a stipend paid to artisanal fishermen during periods when fishing of some species is prohibited).
These agreements came to the attention of the Federal Comptroller General (CGU) after an explosion in the number of benefits given to fishermen in Maranhão state, where Wesley Martins was based. (Featured photo) He was the executive manager of INSS. Acquired data big city According to the study, between 2023 and 2024, the number of defense insurance beneficiaries in the state increased by 130,000 people, while other sectors of the federation saw little increase. There is suspicion of fraud in the granting of benefits.
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The agreement was signed with entities directly linked to those targeted by the Federal Police (PF) and CGU in Operation No Discount, which was launched in April this year to investigate a multi-billion dollar pension unfair discount scheme uncovered by the Federal Police (PF) and CGU. big city Farah said in a series of INSS reports. It also has an advantage over these local political groups that ran in the 2024 local elections.
Wesley Martins was executive manager of the INSS supervisory office in San Luis (Massachusetts), but after the launch of Cem Descontes he was relieved of his duties by INSS President Gilberto Waller, who took over the reins of the organization after PF surgery. While Mr. Waller was on leave last week, INSS’ IT director, Acting President Lee Blessy, appointed Mr. Martins to his new role. He is the younger brother of San Luis City Councilor Podemos and is a strong advocate of providing protection insurance to fishermen.
His appointment came amid a series of administrative actions by Lee Blessy that bypassed Waller. As Tasio Rolland’s column notes, this move further deepened the INSS chief’s displeasure with Social Security Minister Walny Queiroz. Ministers have empowered their successors in recent weeks, but there is uncertainty behind the scenes about Waller’s continued leadership of the institute.
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The terms of the INSS agreement with fishermen’s associations in the state of Maranhão, which are covered by the CGU, state that these colonies and associations are affiliated with the National Confederation of Rural Workers and Family Farmers (Contag), the National Confederation of Family Farmers and Rural Family Entrepreneurs (Conafer), and the Federation of Fisheries and Colonies of Maranhão (Fecopema).
The first two are suspected of involvement in fraud by federal police, including unfair discounting of retirement association fees and money laundering. The third is headed by state deputy Edson Araujo (PSB-MA), who appears in a report from the Council for Financial Action (Coaf) and receives R$5.6 million from the association itself, as well as R$400,000 from the National Fisheries and Aquaculture Federation (CBPA). Araujo is vice president of the CBPA.
Other fishing organizations also have political connections. John Lennon Mineiro da Silva, president of the fishing colony of Miranda do Norte, ran for city council as the “John Lennon of Colonia” from the PSDB. MDB’s Anajatuba City Council candidate “Rusilandia da Colonia” is the chairman of the municipality’s fishermen’s colony z-31. She also signed a contract with Wesley Martins.
State Vice President Edson Araujo (PSB), president of Fekopema and vice president of the CBPA, with which many of these groups are openly associated, appeared on a recent episode of INSS’s CPMI. He sent threatening messages to Federal Vice-President Duarte Jr. (PSB), vice-chairman of the committee investigating association discount fraud.
Duarte said he received a message from Araujo via WhatsApp. “He’s a clown. He wants to perform. A clown’s place is in the circus.” Then he added: “We’re still going to meet.” Mr. Duarte then asked, “Are you threatening me?” Araujo replied, “Yes. Why?” The case was referred to the Legislative Police.
Currently recruiting big cityINSS did not comment. The space remains open.
In a memo, the Ministry of Social Security said it “does not comment on speculation” and that “appointments within the scope of the National Institute of Social Security (INSS), an institution associated with the Ministry, are subject to technical standards and in strict compliance with legal and administrative procedures.”
“The Minister responsible for social security is responsible for supervising and coordinating the policies and guidelines of the social security system, respecting the administrative autonomy of the INSS in the management of its internal structures. “We are focused on accelerating the reimbursement of more than R3.7 million to retirees and pensioners and the analysis of applications on the waiting list for benefits, ensuring full functionality and efficiency,” he said. folder.
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