Hage: Publication of salaries does not violate employee privacy.
"It's public money. The citizen pays the salary with their taxes," stated the Minister-Chief of the Comptroller General of the Union; the disclosure of salaries is mandated by the Access to Information Law, which came into effect this week.
Agency Brazil - The publication of salaries does not infringe on the privacy of public servants, according to an assessment made this Friday, the 18th, by the Minister-Chief of the Comptroller General of the Union, Jorge Hage. The disclosure of salaries is provided for in the Access to Information Law, which came into effect on the 16th. "The government does not consider this a matter of privacy. It is public money. The citizen pays the salary with taxes," said Hage. The minister added that public servants with a different understanding can challenge the disclosure of salaries in court.
The minister expects that, in the coming weeks, the Ministry of Planning will publish a decree with rules for the disclosure of federal public servants' salaries. Public companies operating in the market under a competitive regime will follow rules established by the Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM).
According to the minister, between the 16th and 18 pm yesterday (17th), around 1,6 citizens requested information from federal public bodies. The Access to Information Law was enacted at the end of last year and aims to guarantee Brazilian citizens access to official data from the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches.
The decree regulating the law was signed on the 16th by President Dilma Rousseff, at the ceremony for the installation of the Truth Commission.
Hage participated today in the opening of the 1st National Conference on Transparency and Social Control (Consocial). From this event, which ends next Sunday (20), 80 proposals from civil society will be chosen to be presented to the government to increase transparency and social control of the State.