Sylvie Claire / April 13, 2022
Viagra pills, and now penile prostheses: a deputy revealed Tuesday that the Brazilian Ministry of Defense had purchased 60 inflatable penile implants for the military.
I have identified a MILLIONAIRE expenditure on penile prostheses for the army, said in a statement the center-left deputy Elias Vaz, who had already revealed on Monday the purchase of 35,000 Viagra tablets for soldiers.
The parliamentarian says he obtained the information about penile implants from the Government Transparency Portal, which makes data on public spending available on request.
With a unit value of 9,900 to 12,000 euros, these silicone prostheses of 10 to 25 centimeters in length have cost the government some 3.5 million reais, according to Vaz.
The Ministry of Defense, contacted by AFP, had no immediate comment.
The Brazilian people have difficulty obtaining medicines in health centers and a group is treated with extremely expensive prostheses, lamented Vaz.
He promised to go to court, together with the center-right senator Jorge Kajuru, so that possible irregularities can be investigated.
Penile implants are used to treat erectile dysfunction, as are viagra tablets.
The Ministry of Defense had explained on Monday about viagra that the acquisition of sildenafil was intended for the treatment of patients with pulmonary hypertension.
This justification did not prevent Internet users from having a field day on social networks, some of them evoking the memory of the military dicta-dure, with generals in power from 1964 to 1985. With these pills, the army will be able to make even more fun of democracy, the satirical website Sensacionalista ironically said.