Psol politicians celebrate Dino’s decision to block amendments

Psol politicians celebrated the decision of the minister of (Federal Supreme Court) Flávio Dino to suspend the payment of R$4.2 billion in parliamentary amendments. The judge also ordered the PF (Federal Police) to open an investigation to investigate the release of this amount.

The action was filed by Psol himself. The party cites irregularities in the allocation of the amount to committee amendments, which do not require mandatory payment. They are nominated by committees in Congress. Here is the decision (PDF – 254 kB).

Here are some demonstrations by psolistas on the networks:

• Paula Coradi (president of Psol):

DINO X EMENDAS

At the beginning of December, the STF unanimously endorsed Dino’s decision to resume payments for congressmen’s amendments. Here is it (PDF – 546 kB).

Transfer payments had been suspended since August following a decision by Dino himself, who demanded greater transparency in the allocation of amendments. With the release, the Minister of the Court responded to the demands of deputies and senators, which could unlock expensive votes for the government in Congress.

Dino on December 9, at the request of (Attorney General of the Union) to review the decision that released the amendments requiring transparency mechanisms.

The following day, December 10, the government published an interministerial ordinance and an AGU opinion with a “legal twist” that bypasses parts of the decision. It was determined that payment for commission amendments would be conditioned only on the identification of the person requesting it.

Dino ordered the Chamber of Deputies to publish within 5 days the minutes of the meetings in which the committee amendments were approved. The records must be sent to the Institutional Relations Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic.

The magistrate also ordered the PF to launch an investigation so that the facts relating to the release of the commission amendments “are adequately explained”.