Members of Parliament increase office allowance by 30%.
According to Board of Directors Act 44/2012, published this Wednesday the 4th, the budget will increase from the current R$ 60 to R$ 78 to compensate for "inflationary losses".
Agency Brazil The Chamber of Deputies has increased the office allowance by 30%, a resource used by parliamentarians to pay staff who work in their offices or political offices in the states.
According to Act of the Board of Directors 44/2012, published today (4), the allowance will increase from the current R$ 60 thousand to 78 thousand. According to the Board, the readjustment will restore the benefit considering "inflationary erosion".
According to the document, the expenses resulting from the increase will be covered by the budgetary allocations of the Chamber of Deputies. The adjustment does not apply to the salary scale of the Parliamentary Secretariat, which is established by current legislation.
The increase in office expenses was a long-standing demand from deputies and advisors who claim that non-civil service employees, who provide services to the offices, had gone almost five years without a raise.
According to the regulations, with the allocated funds, each deputy can hire between five and 25 parliamentary secretaries. Currently, the salaries of these employees range from R$ 622 to R$ 8.040 per month.