Meeting determined by the STF Minister will be held on June 27; Budget approved R $ 50 billion in parliamentary amendments to 2025
The Minister of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Flávio Dino, sent an order on Sunday (18.MAI.2025) calling a public hearing to discuss the obligation to execute parliamentary amendments by the federal government. The magistrate marked the hearing for June 27, from 9am to 5pm, in the session room of the 2nd Panel.
Actions dispute provisions of the Constitution that instituted the imposing character of pix and bench amendments. They were moved by PSOL, PGR (Attorney General’s Office) and Abraji (Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism) because they consider that imposition “Subverts the logic of independence of powers” by transferring budget decisions to parliamentarians, in a kind of “Budget capture”.
“The theme of parliamentary amendments and their imposition is undeniable from the social, economic and legal point of view. This is a discussion that involves the interpretation of the postulate of separation of powers, as well as the fundamental right to due budget process and the set of norms that make up the so-called ‘financial constitution’“Dino argued in the order. Leia (211 KB).
The budget R $ 50 billion in parliamentary amendments to 2025. The opinion was presented by the Senator (PSD-BA), rapporteur of the budget, on March 20.
The largest slice is for projects suggested by deputies (R $ 19 billion), followed by state benches amendments (R $ 14.3 billion) and commission amendments (R $ 11.5 billion). Individual senator amendments total R $ 5.5 billion.
In the order, Dino criticized the obligation to execute the amendments. The minister also cited a study by Marcos Mendes and Hélio Tollini that shows that Brazil has an atypical system that gives Congress much greater power compared to 11 OECD countries (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development).
Dino also pointed to the opinion of economist Felipe Salto, who says it is impossible to promote a permanent fiscal adjustment without changing parliamentary amendments.
For the minister, the public hearing will provide technical elements to the Supreme Court to judge the constitutionality of parliamentary amendments. He argues, however, that there may be preliminary decisions before “If this is essential and urgent, in the light of the 2025 budget execution and the preparation of the 2026 budget“.
Entities and interested in participating as exhibitors of the hearing must request the registration by June 10, with indication of their representatives and the subjects they intend to address.
