The minister gave decisions and signed agreements within the scope of the (Federal Supreme Court) that facilitated management () in the federal government.
Dino’s determinations occurred in processes inherited in the court of the retired minister and the minister.
Dino, who is Lula’s former Minister of Justice and Public Security, in February, after being nominated by the PT member.
With management experience in the Executive, he was the first former governor to be appointed to a seat in the STF since the promulgation of the 1988 Constitution. Dino governed Maranhão.
Since arriving at the court, his most expressive actions have been concentrated on the issues of parliamentary amendments and the climate emergency, on which he has given decisions in line with the government’s needs.
Dino has told interlocutors that these processes are not just related to a government issue, but a country issue. He has also stated that the problems of amendments and the environment went beyond the scope of the government () and reached the Lula government.
When contacted by the STF, Dino did not respond.
The processes that dealt with the amendments were inherited by Dino after Rosa retired in September last year, shortly before turning 75.
As president of the Supreme Court, Rosa commanded in 2022, an instrument used for political bargains between Congress and the Bolsonaro government.
When it reached Dino’s hands, the processes were already questioning other types of amendments that were also used without transparency by parliamentarians during the Lula administration.
From August onwards, Dino made decisions that suspended transfers. The blockages reached R$17.5 billion in amendments.
The minister also demanded greater transparency, which ended up forcing Congress to accept an agreement with the Executive and the Supreme Court and to define future rules for these resources in a new law.
At the time, Lula complained that Congress starts from the Budget. The meeting that sealed the agreement was marked by the tone of dissatisfaction from the president of the Chamber, (-AL).
In the end, the Lula government saw some of its demands addressed in the negotiations and managed to redirect part of the resources in the hands of parliamentarians to its projects.
Dino only released the payment of funds in November, which, in times of pressure to cut expenses, resulted in relief in the bills. This release was accompanied by demands for transparency — which was interpreted by parliamentarians as an affront to the powers of the Legislature and a breach of the agreement made previously.
“It’s a time of great internal turmoil because of these events. You should never see a court legislating”, Lira complained at the time.
It even threatened the progress of Minister Fernando Haddad’s (Finance) spending cut package, but the government managed to untie the knot. The Executive indicated to parliamentarians the release of R$7.8 billion in amendments and went to the STF to .
The climate among parliamentarians is still dissatisfied with Dino’s decision, but an influential leader from the center stated with reservation that the government’s move partially alleviated the situation. Approved, on Wednesday night (4), the first urgent requests for two of the projects.
Since the beginning of the debate, deputies have seen Dino’s moves as aligned with the government’s interests.
An ally of Lula in Congress assesses that, although the new requirements constitute undue interference with the Legislature, in terms of content they would help to provide more transparency for the use of amendments, which meets the Executive’s wishes.
In the case of climate disasters, Dino became the rapporteur after Mendonça preferred to abdicate as rapporteur after being partially defeated in a judgment on the topic in the plenary. Mendonça’s gesture surprised ministers from the Supreme Court itself.
In Dino’s hands, this action became an umbrella for decisions regarding climate-related issues.
The minister was president of the Legal Amazon consortium when he was governor. He has expressed concern about the dry period, when riverside dwellers are left without access to basic resources because they use the rivers for transportation.
In this type of process, which is called “structural”, what ministers call “cascade decisions” can be used, which aim to achieve a final objective. If so, mitigate these urgencies.
The minister created a conciliation table between the Union, the states and the Public Ministry to deal with the climate emergency.
In mid-September, as smoke from fires reached part of the country, the minister authorized the federal government.
It also relaxed a rule for hiring and maintaining brigade members.
At the opening of a conciliation meeting a few days later, Dino justified the decision to grant extraordinary credit. “There is no dichotomy between fiscal responsibility and environmental responsibility”, he said at the time. “There is only true fiscal responsibility with environmental responsibility. The rest is hypocrisy.”
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