Deputies approve bill that creates a pension system for civil servants.

Silvia Tereza's Blog - The Plenary of the Legislative Assembly of Maranhão approved, in the session this Wednesday (18), the Complementary Law Project nº 007/2017This is a bill, authored by the Executive Branch, that creates the Institute of Social Security for State Employees of Maranhão (IPREV), in the form of a state-owned autonomous entity, linked to the State Secretariat for Management and Social Security (Segep).

According to the project submitted by Governor Flávio Dino to the Legislative Assembly, IPREV will have administrative and financial autonomy, its own assets, and its headquarters and legal domicile in the State Capital. This Institute, according to Message No. 060/17, aims to manage, plan, coordinate, and supervise the execution and control of the State Public Servants' Own Social Security Regime (RPPS).

The project also states that the State Secretariat for Management and Social Security (Segep) will now be called the State Secretariat for Management, Assets and Assistance to Civil Servants (Segep).

In the message sent to the Legislative Branch, Governor Flávio Dino explains that the Government of Maranhão, since 1938, had in its organizational structure the Institute of Social Security of the State of Maranhão (IPEM), created by Decree-Law No. 114, of September 3, 1938, whose purpose was to guarantee its insured members and dependents the social security benefits and services, having been extinguished by Law No. 7.356, of December 29, 1998.

Currently, the management, planning, coordination, supervision, execution, and control of the State Public Servants' Own Social Security System (RPPS), health care, and social assistance, as well as the management of the State Pension and Retirement Fund (FEPA) and the State of Maranhão's Civil Servants' Benefits Fund (FUNBEN), under the guidance of the Superior Council of the State Pension and Retirement Fund (CONSUP), are the responsibility of the Deputy Secretariat for Social Security of State Public Servants (SASEG), an administrative unit of the State Secretariat for Management and Social Security (Segep).

Governor Flávio Dino states in the Message that, before drafting the project, the Executive Branch conducted research in other states and found that the state of Maranhão differs from most, given that Social Security is managed within a State Secretariat, while in others there are Institutes and Agencies to specifically address the issue.

“Meeting this demand,” states Governor Flávio Dino, “will strengthen actions in the area of ​​Social Security, making them more dynamic and efficient, focusing on guaranteeing the financial and actuarial balance of the State of Maranhão's own Social Security System for Public Servants. It is worth highlighting the increasing complexity of managing pension resources, making it imperative to establish an entity exclusively for this purpose.”

Furthermore, the governor adds, “it is necessary to dedicate a specific structure to the management of health policies for public servants in the State of Maranhão, especially given the upcoming inauguration of the new Public Servants' Hospital. The proposal aims to consolidate the regulations related to the social security of public servants in the State of Maranhão.”

CRITICISM FROM THE OPPOSITION

Heavily supported by the government's bloc, the government's bill was harshly criticized by opposition parliamentarians. During the voting process, deputies Eduardo Braide (PMN), Adriano Sarney (PV), and Max Barros (PRP) questioned and criticized the content of the bill submitted to the Legislative Assembly by Governor Flávio Dino.

The plenary rejected a substitute amendment, presented by Representative Eduardo Braide, to the government's bill. The Complementary Law Project No. 007/2017 It is published in the Legislative Assembly's Official Gazette, edition of August 9, 2017.