Minister Flávio Dino, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), decided this Tuesday (12) to maintain the block on the transfer of parliamentary amendments, which had already been adopted in August after he identified transparency flaws in the transfers of these resources. Dino’s decision was taken after the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU) forwarded a report revealing irregularities in funds allocated to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) earlier.
The CGU report points out that, between 2020 and 2024, seven NGOs that received a total of R$482.3 million in parliamentary amendments did not have sufficient technical structure to execute the projects. According to the audit, of the ten organizations that received the most funds during this period, seven did not have adequate operational capacity.
In total, R$27 million was identified as being transferred irregularly. According to a document obtained by People’s Gazetteit was not possible to track all transfers as they would have been made through so-called “pix amendments”, and therefore, it is not possible to identify the final beneficiary of the transfers.
In two cases, signs of overpricing were identified, with budgets above reference values. In another situation, possible overpricing was found, in which a work had measurements changed to increase the value received by a company.
In addition to maintaining the blockade, Dino ordered the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate to present responses to the CGU report within ten working days. After this period, the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) will have another ten days to respond.
“I emphasize that, until the case is returned to this rapporteur for further deliberation, all transfers to NGOs audited by the CGU, referred to in the 4th Technical Report, remain suspended”, wrote Dino.
The suspension of the amendments had already been approved by the Supreme Court plenary on August 16, given the lack of transparency and traceability in the transfer of resources, which motivated the Court to block the payment of all mandatory amendments. According to Dino, transfers can only be resumed after the implementation of new control mechanisms.
The Senate would vote this Tuesday (12) on a bill at Dino’s request to comply with the Constitution and provide transparency to transfers. However, the vote was, in principle, for Wednesday (13).
The CGU’s work included monitoring various types of amendments, such as individual, bench, committee and rapporteur amendments, including the extinct “secret budget”, which allowed the allocation of funds without identifying the parliamentarians responsible for the transfers.
