The new decision by the minister, of the (Supreme Federal Court), increases the pressure on the next president to move forward with a proposal that intends to make the payment of all these resources mandatory.
This Monday (23), Dino ordered the suspension of payment of approximately R$4 billion in commission amendments and ordered an investigation to be launched to determine these amounts, in a new chapter of the clash between the Legislature and the Judiciary.
The amendments are divided into individual modalities (to which every deputy and senator is entitled), bench modalities (parliamentarians from each state define priorities for the region) and commission modalities (defined by members of the committees). Individual and bench fees are mandatory, that is, mandatory payment, unlike commission fees.
A PEC (proposed amendment to the Constitution) presented by the leader of the PL in the Chamber, Altineu Côrtes (RJ), provides that resources from commission amendments will be directed to the individual modality — in practice, making the payment of these resources mandatory as well.
The proposal has 152 signatures so far (171 are needed for it to be filed). According to the regimental procedure, from then on the text would be forwarded to the CCJ (Constitution and Justice Commission) and, if approved, it would be up to the President of the Chamber to install a special commission to discuss the topic.
Today, the consolidated name to succeed (PP-AL) in the presidency of the Chamber is that of the leader of the Republicans, (PB). The election takes place in February.
To the Panel, Côrtes states that he is “sure” that Hugo will proceed with the proposal. “I don’t believe that he, as president, will stop creating the special commission. I’m sure he will proceed if the PEC has the necessary signatures. Under no circumstances do I think he will create difficulties for this.”
The PL leader states that Dino’s decision increases the pressure for the issue to be addressed in the Chamber.
“With all due respect to the decision, it directly interferes with the investments of municipalities and electoral bases. Our PEC meets his concerns: traceability, individuality and transparency. These are not new resources and will bring greater peace of mind to everyone”, he says.
Côrtes’ PEC, however, presents resistance among leaders, as it would reduce the power of influence of these parliamentarians in their respective benches.
An effort to try to include the text in the federal government’s spending containment package voted last week in the Chamber, for example, failed after Lira did not extend the deadline to present amendments to another PEC that was in progress.
Despite this, a center leader assesses that issues such as the imbroglio of amendments are “difficult to control in the plenary” and that measures such as these are widely accepted among congressmen.
Another member of the center states that the soap opera has been going on since August and that, given this scenario, it is better to “accept this PEC” and have the resources released than the possibility of always being surprised by a new decision from the Supreme Court.
If this PEC is approved, deputies say that the government would be the worst loser, as the Budget would be even more rigid and would hinder the bargaining power of releasing these resources in priority votes.
A government leader states, with reservation, that the decision surprised parliamentarians and predicts greater tension in the relationship with the Powers.
There is an assessment among parliamentarians that members of the Executive were involved in Dino’s decisions on the amendments, also increasing tension with the Executive.
A center leader says that the timing of the decision causes even more irritation among deputies, precisely because it occurs a week after the House voted and approved measures in the government’s spending containment package — many of them considered unpopular.
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