() accelerated and has already reached the figure of R$8.28 billion paid in December. The month became the third with the most parliamentary nominations disbursed this year.
The Executive also committed R$3.28 billion to amendments in the month — the commitment is the first stage of execution and reserves the money for a specific action. The release of funds was resumed at the end of the year after months of discussions between the Powers over the criteria and transparency of transfers.
The government also committed to paying off the amendments authorized in the Budget to unlock votes of interest to the Executive, such as the
Since January, the government has paid off R$39 billion in amendments. Around R$8 billion are from indications made in previous years and which were included in the so-called remains to be paid, including R$9 million pending since 2014.
On the 13th, the government paid R$5.8 billion in amendments, the highest amount released in a single day this year.
The largest amounts in the month were paid in May (R$9.44 billion) and July (R$9 billion), before the municipal elections. The pace of disbursements fell in the following months, when electoral rules restricted the release of amendments.
These funds were still left over in the second half of the year. The minister of the (Supreme Federal Court) even suspended the execution of parliamentary nominations due to processes that questioned the lack of transparency in the distribution of amendments. On the 10th, the government issued an ordinance with this amount to unlock commitments and payments.
In December, around R$3.2 billion were paid in so-called “Pix” amendments, a modality in which the parliamentarian directs the resources directly to the state or municipal coffers.
Amendments are a way in which deputies and senators can send money for works and projects in their electoral bases and, in doing so, increase their political capital. A , and not the locations with the highest demand in the country. Parliamentary nominations still.
Of the R$49.16 billion in budget amendments indicated in 2024, around R$40.65 billion had been committed by Thursday (19). There is still R$8.5 billion to forward, but R$1.3 billion is blocked — which still
It is common for part of the amendment efforts to be concentrated in the last days of the year. In general, the amounts distributed in the first months are transfers of funds to the coffers of states and municipalities, mainly in health, while the money for contracting works and machinery is sent later.
The Ministry of Integration and Regional Development, one of the departments that distributes asphalt and tractors with amendments, still has around R$1.7 billion to commit — without discounting the R$418 million blocked in the body. The figure represents practically half of the parliamentary nominations available at the ministry, which also houses Dnocs.
Health, which concentrates the largest volume of amendments (R$ 25.1 billion), has around 6.5% of indications still free, a percentage that becomes even lower if the blocks are maintained.
Congress, allied with the government, to provide transparency to the authors of the amendments, a requirement of the STF. On Tuesday (17), the government’s Civil House gave approval to a maneuver promoted by leaders of 17 parties in the Chamber, and revealed by the magazine, who qualified as the applicants for a wide list of amendments from the House’s committees.
The amount committed until Thursday (19) is practically the same as that sent in July. The month with the most resources committed was June, with R$13.8 billion.
