Legislative and Judiciary heads preached harmony and frank relationship between the powers on Monday (3), a date that marked the resumption of work in the (Supreme Court) in 2025, but maintained a change of messages indicating the relationship indicating the relationship of distrust between institutions after the change in the summit of Parliament.
The speeches of the presidents (STF), () and () were another chapter of the clash that has marked the relationship between the legislature and the judiciary in recent months around parliamentary amendments.
Alcolumbre stated that Motta quoted “respect for skills” of the powers and Barroso, in turn, spoke in.
The presence of the STF ministers Alexandre Moraes and, in addition to the president of the Supreme Court, at the congressional ceremony was regarded as opening of dialogue channel in search of a solution to the impasse of the amendments. The two magistrates sat in the first row.
Senate government leader Jaques Wagner (PT-BA) said Motta (-PB) said he intends to look for Minister Flávio Dino, rapporteur of actions that discuss the amendments in the STF.
In the message sent by the Planalto Palace to Congress, the President (PT) also spoke in harmony and that, in 2025, the executive plans to reinforce institutional dialogue with the legislature to align action plans for the sustainable development of the country, a strategy that “Includes directing parliamentary amendments to priority projects.”
“This approach will not only streamline the implementation of parliamentary amendments, but will also respect the autonomy of powers, maintaining the legitimacy, transparency and capacity for tracking of actions, taking into account the obligation of amendments and their vital role in distributing public resources For a wide variety of municipalities in Brazil, “said the presidential text.
Elected with the votes of 73 of the 81 senators to preside over the Senate in the 2025-2026 biennium, alcohubre (-AP) said that “the recent controversy on parliamentary amendments to the budget illustrates the need for mutual respect and continuous dialogue.”
“The decisions of the Federal Supreme Court must be respected, but it is equally indispensable to ensure that this parliament is not curtailed in its primordial function of legislating and representing the interests of the Brazilian people, including bringing resources and investments to their region.”
Even preaching harmony with the executive and the judiciary, Alcolumbre argued that Congress “is the basis of all decisions” by representing voters and added that a strong legislature is “indispensable” to democratic stability.
“We will work in harmony with the executive and the judiciary, but always ensuring that the voice of the people, represented here in this parliament, be the basis of all decisions,” he said.
“The Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary are not adversaries; they are pillars that support the nation. We call harmony and balance, because only then will we safeguard the constitutional rights and prerogatives of the National Congress.”
Motta reinforced on Monday the discourse of harmony and independence between the powers he has made since the election on Saturday (1st). He was chosen to command the House in the next two years with the support of 444 of the 513 federal deputies.
The mayor said that Brazil is on the right track, that it will work in tune with the Senate and that they are “safe days in politics”, with temperance, balance, sobriety and dialogue.
“This independence and harmony presupposes the stubborn assessment in the fulfillment of constitutional attributions and respect for the competences of the other powers, always guided by the public interest,” he said.
In August last year, the payment of parliamentary amendments until the congress of this more transparency and traceability to the distribution of money.
Direct conversation
Barroso defended the court and stated that there is no need for messages between him and representatives of other powers because the conversation will be direct, open and free.
“Someone asked me at the entrance if I had received a message, or understood a message. The first thing that happened to me was: there is no need for messages, we have direct, open and frank conversation of people who want well, who They help each other and when eventually they diverged, we will be able to sit on a table institutionally and absorb the divergence, “he said.
Barroso’s declaration was given during the opening of the legislature, with the plenary of the House of Representatives packed parliamentarians, two days after the STF.
Earlier, during the opening of the Judiciary in the STF plenary, Barroso gave a union speech between the three powers and said to see the judiciary as immune to political passions. According to him, the decisions of magistrates have the potential to divide society and, therefore, it is natural that they generate dissatisfaction.
“All democracies reserve a portion of power to be exercised by public agents who are not elected by popular vote, so that they remain immune to the political passions of each moment. The title of legitimacy of these agents is technical training and impartiality in the interpretation of Constitution and the laws, “he said.
In the morning, he received the duo Alcolumbre and Motta at the Planalto Palace alongside government leaders and ministers Rui Costa (Civil House), Alexandre Padilha (Institutional Relations), Sidônio Palmeira (Secretariat of Social Communication) and Márcio Macêdo (Secretariat- General).
A part of the meeting was opened to the press. Then questioned by journalists about the role of Alcolumbre and Motta in ministerial reform, Padilha stated that the issue has not yet been dealt with by Lula, but said they both have influence on their parties.
The minister also said that the imbroglio of parliamentary amendments – the theme placed as a priority by the two elected on Saturday – was not discussed.
