The Public Prosecutor's Office of Piauí recommends cutting commissioned and outsourced employees.
The Public Prosecutor's Office of Piauí recommended to Governor Wellington Dias a reduction in the number of commissioned and temporary employees; the state has 15 (fifteen) days to respond to the Prosecutor's Office regarding the measures taken.
In Piauí Today - The Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of Piauí recommended to the Governor of Piauí, Wellington Dias, a reduction in the number of commissioned and temporary employees. The Recommendation Notice No. 10/2017, signed by the Public Prosecutor, Fernando Santos, of the 44th Public Treasury Prosecutor's Office of Teresina, mandates that the State respond to the Prosecutor's Office within 15 (fifteen) days regarding the measures adopted.
Fernando Santos argues in the notification that such procedures are provided for in items II and V of article 37 of the Federal Constitution and in articles 20, 22 and 23 of the Fiscal Responsibility Law (LC nº 101, of 05/4/2000).
According to the Transparency Portal, from January 2015 to July 2017, there was a 555% increase in the number of exclusive commissioned positions, a 336% increase in the number of permanent employees occupying commissioned positions, and a 247% increase in the number of temporarily contracted employees.
Furthermore, the prosecutor continues, article 23 of Complementary Law No. 101, of 4/05/2000, establishes that if the total personnel expenses exceed the limit of 46,55%, the excess must be eliminated in the following two four-month periods, with at least one third in the first, adopting, among others, the measures provided for in paragraphs 3 and 4 of article 169 of the Federal Constitution of 88, namely: a) reduction of at least twenty percent of expenses with commissioned positions and positions of trust; b) dismissal of non-tenured employees.
Spending is minimal.
According to the Secretary of State for Finance, Rafael Fonteles, expenses related to the payment of appointed officials represent just over 1% of the State's expenditures; therefore, the savings from cutting appointed positions would be minimal, insignificant compared to the monthly deficit of R$ 80 million in pension expenses and the nearly R$ 180 million resulting from successive reductions in federal funding transfers to Piauí.
Source: MP-PI