In addition to thousands of Viagra pills, dozens of implants for penises: MP continued yesterday Tuesday the revelations about the incredible spending of the Brazilian Ministry of Defense, lamenting that a huge amount of money was spent to acquire 60 such silicone products.
"I detected the spending of millions in order to purchase implants for penises by the army," said to Agence France-Presse the centre-left deputy Elias Vass, who denounced the purchase of 35,000 Viagra pills intended for members of the armed forces on Monday.
With a unit price of between 9,900 and 12,000 euros, these silicone implants, 10 to 25 centimeters long, cost the Brazilian state some 3.5 million reais (688,000 euros), Vass explained.
Via Twitter, the MP added, addressing his fellow citizens: "and you are paying for this."
Vass drew the figures from the government's transparency website, which allows citizens to access public data on state spending.
The Brazilian Defense Ministry, contacted by Agence France-Presse, had no comment for now."
"The Brazilian people cannot find medicines in health centers, but a certain group (of people) is getting extremely expensive implants," Mr. Vass complained. He pledged to go to court, along with centre-right senator Zorzi Cajuru, to determine whether there were any wrongdoings.
Like Viagra, the silicone implants purchased by the military are used to treat erectile dysfunction problems.
The Defense Department asserted on Monday that "the supply of sildenafil," the active ingredient in Viagra, was intended "to treat patients with pulmonary hypertension."
A claim that has far from convinced civilians, with many users of social networking sites engaging in comments with heavy doses of sarcasm. Some referred to "dita-dura", an untranslated pun on the dictatorship of the generals in Brazil (1964-1985) and the influence of Viagra. "With these pills, the military will be able to g****** democracy even harder," the satirical website Sensacionalista hyped."
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