In the final days of 2024, Brazilian courts staged yet another spectacle of privileges. In three acts, magistrates from the first to the last instance, showed the contortionism they do every year to preserve what is added to their salaries.
The opening was made by the president of the . When the issue of super salaries took shape in the discussion on fiscal adjustment, it reacted to a proposal that should not offend anyone: follow what is in the Constitution and limit the amount paid to any public servant, including judges.
As a representative of the corporation, Barroso declared that “the Judiciary does not have it”. He added that the increase in court expenses in recent years has been modest and indicated that it is necessary to break the salary cap so that the positions are attractive. The minister cannot be blamed for vices that have existed for decades, but he also does not need to embellish them.
Behind the curtain, court lobbyists were already working to disfigure Congress that should make it difficult to pay benefits above the ceiling. In a short time, entities representing judges, prosecutors and defenders managed to publish a version of the text that .
The presentation ended with the Peru-valley case, led by the Court of Justice of Mato Grosso. In the last weeks of the year, the court ordered the payment of a special food allowance of R$10,000 for judges and civil servants. The National Council of Justice did not swallow the audacity and ordered the treat to be suspended two days later.
The court extended the proceedings and paid the turkey voucher, on the grounds that the CNJ’s decision was not informed in time. The president of the court had to and recalled that the TJ-MT is going through a “challenging moment”. The judge did not need to say in any detail that the court, which pays an average of R$116,000 per month to each judge, has three members investigated by the .
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