The ignored the pressures of the Supreme Court (STF) for more transparency and approved on Wednesday (13) that of the budget without any debate, information from where the money or advertising about who the political godparents of the funds are.
Neither the deputies themselves who approved them had access to the nominations in advance or the deliberate value, which caused protests. The votes occurred in seconds, and they were warned that they would not have any possibility to discuss and change in the committees the indication of which works, services or cities will benefit from the money, which total R $ 10.5 billion.
“Are we playing role than here, of Beast? This is what I am feeling, a beast,” complained the deputy Paulo Guedes (PT-MG) after the refusal of the request to receive information.
The format contradicts the decisions of the Minister, of the Supreme Court, which determined that the commission amendments were in fact debated and voted by the commissions, with transparency over the groomsmen of each amount and how public money will be spent. He came to lack of transparency, which caused a crisis with Congress last year.
The legislature approved in April the appointment of R $ 10.5 billion by the House and Senate committees in the budget. Payment depends on the Government (PT) and is not mandatory, which makes these funds used for political negotiations.
As revealed the Sheetthe mayor, (-PB), summoned the presidents of some committees on Tuesday (12) and parliamentarians allocated in these collegiate, even without the complete spreadsheets sent by the parties.
The call is part of a Motta offensive to try to recover control of the House, after which it prevented him from charging the sessions for almost 30 hours with the purpose of pressuring him to approve the amnesty to former President (), who is under house arrest.
As these funds are not mandatory, deputies and senators close to the presidents or party leaders end up benefiting from more resources, while those who face decisions or not vote in parties receive fewer (or none) money for their electoral bases. The model ends up creating a support base for the congressional summit.
The lack of transparency was the target of protests of the parliamentarians themselves on Wednesday, during the vote on the commissions.
Paulo Guedes (PT-MG) complained that the Chamber’s National Integration Commission approved the nominations quickly, without any debate, and that parliamentarians had been warned that the session would be only for a tribute.
“I know it goes through the benches [partidárias]But if the final word is ours, the members of this commission cannot be left out of the apportionment. I am doing what here? “He asked. He pointed out that confidentiality was prevailing in previous years, but” made a deal that this year would be different. “
Deputy José Rocha (União Brasil-BA) joined him and asked what the values approved. He heard from the chairman of the commission, the deputy Yandra Moura (União Brasil-SE), that there was no information yet-even after approval-but that it would be later disclosed on the site.
Last year, rock in the face of the insistence of former President Arthur Lira (-Al) and party leaders to circumvent the commissions and indicate funds directly, which even caused an inquiry into the subject.
Yandra Moura minimized complaints and stated that all parliamentarians may make suggestions through the House’s internal system. “The table will be available to all of you,” he replied.
According to Deputy Daniel Agrobom (PL-GO), the criticism occurred because not all indications will be welcomed, and only the committee chair had information about the voted list.
At the Health Commission, only Deputy Adriana Ventura (Novo-SP) raised questions. He said he was surprised by the inclusion of amendments on the agenda and asked the board to discuss technical criteria to distribute the money to city halls, states and hospitals.
The committee chairman, Deputy Zé Vitor (PL-MG), replied that the board will not have the power to change the list received from the leaders of the parties. “Here, at this moment, we only have two possibilities: to say yes or say no. There is no space here on the commission to amend, to exchange name, to change value, to change beneficiary,” he said.
According to Zé Vitor, any deputy may make suggestions for commissions on how money should be spent, but only those validated by party leaders will be sent to the executive.
At the National Integration Commission, President Yuri do Paredão (MDB-CE), said he had received the list, but refused to inform her to the report. Voting occurred in seconds without any protest.
Even after approved, he again refused to deliver a copy of what was voted and said he will be available later on the site.
To get the vote expressed by the commissions, Motta determined that the presidents would make the votes even without the complete spreadsheets, and other sessions will then occur to complement them.
He had already determined in July that party leaders and deputies would indicate how they intend to spend the money, but there were delays in these suggestions. THE Sheet anticipated that each deputy of the allied base of the budget. The amount may vary according to fidelity to the government, the party leader and the Motta himself.
Commission amendments replaced the rapporteur’s amendments, declared unconstitutional by the STF in 2022 for lack of transparency. This mechanism was criticized for keeping the real responsible for deciding how the money would be spent, and became the target of several inquiries about deviations in resources.
The rapporteur amendments were used by Motta’s predecessor, to build majorities in the plenary. Also receives slice of the amount, whose distribution is led by the president (-AP).
