Prosecutor claims that changes to the Paraná pension system are unconstitutional.

Paraná 247 - The Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of Paraná is preparing an opinion that considers the project that changed the pension system for public servants in the State to be unconstitutional. On the day of the project's vote, last Wednesday (29), a confrontation between demonstrators and police left more than 200 injured in front of the Legislative Assembly of Paraná. "This project will only mask the problem and compromise future governments," prosecutor Gabriel Guy Leger told Folha.

The proposal aims to transfer a portion of the pensions paid by the financial fund, which is part of the government's treasury, to the pension fund, which receives contributions from the State of Paraná and civil servants and has a balance of R$ 8,5 billion.
With this measure, the Richa administration, which is experiencing a financial crisis, would save R$ 1,7 billion per year, easing the strain on its finances. According to the Executive branch, the project would not change the way benefits are paid.

The Paraná state government also argues that the project was based on technical actuarial calculations that respect "criteria of solvency, liquidity, and financial balance."

However, he argues that the measure distorts the original project and will consume the pension fund in about 30 years, according to the government's own calculations. "These people that the government wants to migrate have never contributed to this fund. They are completely different things," he said. For him, the change compromises the future of the state.

"Paying pensions is a constitutional mandate. That's not the issue. The problem is that, because of that, he will no longer be able to pay regular expenses. Then, we will have the deterioration of the administration," says Leger.