Lula government offensive to combat Nikolas video on INSS fraud

Members of the government of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT) and allies used social networks to respond to the video of federal deputy Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG) about the scandal of deviations at the National Institute of Social Security (INSS). Published on Tuesday, 6, the deputy’s recording repeats the same model used in the January viral video about changes in Pix, and accumulates over 134 million views until this Friday, 9.

While the Minister of Institutional Relations, Gleisi Hoffmann The Minister of the Attorney General of the Union (AGU), Jorge Messias, and the head of the Union Comptroller General (CGU), Vinícius Carvalho to counter the accusations of the Bolsonarist Deputy without citing him nominally, the federal deputy Lindbergh Farias (PT-RJ) uses the own video of Nikolas to contest the statements of the statements of the statements of the statements of the statements of the statements of the statements parliamentary.

In the recording of just over six minutes, Nikolas states that the fraudulent scheme is the “greatest scandal in history of Brazil”, makes accusations about the Lula government has not taken steps to investigate billionaire deviations, and defends former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL)-whose government was also crossed by INSS.

Gleisi responded to the deputy on his X (former Twitter) profile the day after the video publication, on numbered topics, to “unmask the lies that the pocket opposition is spreading through the nets,” without specifically quoting Nikolas. The minister argues that the fraud began in Bolsonaro’s government, and that the former president was the one who sanctioned the provisional measure that ended the need to revalidate the authorization of discounts in 2022.

“The moment requires serious measures and profound changes, as the government is doing. It requires the search for the truth, not the opportunistic lies of those who did not investigate anything and never worried about protecting retirees,” he said.

The Minister of AGU, on the other hand, referred to the scholarshipist as a “sealing deputy,” and demanded that he and Bolsonaro explain the measures adopted in the previous government regarding the allegations of fraud. “I saw that a deputy made a video yesterday with the goal of sealing and causing terror and panic in the population. It is important that he question the president that he supported,” said Messiah.

Like Lindbergh, the CGU minister also made a video in an explanatory tone, in which he asked himself and answers them with what the investigations have already shown.

“It’s not time to spread fear or lie. It’s serious, very serious, using a lie or context tricks to deceive the people,” said Carvalho. The video, published by the minister on Thursday, 8 has 14,200 views-almost 10,000 times less reach than the video of Nikolas.

The PT leader in the House already begins by citing the deputy, stating in his recording that “Nikolas Mente”, and intersperses the original video with his own version of the facts. The petista deputy resumes scandals from the Bolsonaro government, and questions why the former president did not send an investigation into the fraud during his administration.

According to the investigation, illegal discounts on INSS retirees and pensioners began in 2016. The problem entered the radar in 2018, but fired from 2023, the first year of the Lula administration.

“Bolsonaro has lost, but the tentacles of pockets remained infiltrated in the state, doing damage, destroying the institutions and stealing the retirees,” says Lindbergh, reiterating the speech of governors and allies to the president, that it was at CGU initiative in the Lula government that the investigation began.

The petista has reached 147,600 views so far: ten times more than the oak video, but still far from the 134 million Nikolas.