Brazil. Government Declares Studies that Support Social Security Reform Confidential
The Minister of the Economy decreed that studies and technical data supporting a constitutional change to Social Security remain confidential as the matter progresses through the government. Thus, ordinary citizens who will be affected directly by changes in pensions and retirement funds, will not have access to arguments, statistics, and economic and social data that support the significant change.
The decision to deny the publication of documents is partly in response to a Law of Access to Information request from Folha to consult the documents.
In response, the Special Secretary of Social Security and Work reported “within the framework of its powers of procedure”, technical statements about the current proposal.
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