The Federal Court of Audit (TCU) sent the Federal Supreme Court (STF) Minister Flávio Dino information on parliamentary amendments executed without the presentation of “work plan” on the official platform transfervog.br. The report points to cases involving indications of a Minister of the Lula Government, the Union Brazil leader in the House and other weight parliamentarians, such as former Mayor Arthur Lira (PP-AL).
In addition to Lira, among the names in the report are that of the Minister of Agrarian Development, Paulo Teixeira, and the leader of União Brasil in the Chamber, Federal Deputy Pedro Lucas. In a statement, Teixeira’s press office explains that the absence of the work plan is due to a “bureaucratic failure” of the Mongaguá City Hall in São Paulo and that the work was fully performed.
“The construction of a new locker room in the field of Vila Operária, in Mongaguá, was fully executed. The failure pointed out by the TCU is due to the City Hall did not include the work plan in the Transfergov system. That is, it is a bureaucratic failure of the city that can be remedied as soon as the system opens the window for inclusion. that there was no effective social control over the execution of the projects, ”says the minister’s advisory.
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The advisory of Deputy Arthur Lira reported that the parliamentary amendment for the Municipality of Roteiro (AL) was paid and executed in 2023, with the acquisition of two mobile health units already in use. According to the office, the requirement for a work plan was only valid in December 2024, and the current mayor – of opposition – has not yet fulfilled this formality.
Pedro Lucas’s staff had not spoken until the publication of the report.
According to the TCU, 148 work plans received transfers, which total R $ 85.4 million, without proper registration, which compromises the transparency and traceability of public resources. The information was individualized by state and sent by Dino to the Federal Police superintendencies, “aiming at the establishment of an inquiry.”
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The measure was a decision of the STF of 24 August, which forced the details of all amendments that continued without work plan even after the minister’s order. The court’s initial list contained more than 900 nominations, but was reduced to 148 after the court of accounts concludes that most of the “unregistered” plans did not result in transfers – and therefore does not constitute a risk of deviation. Already in cases where there was transfer, the TCU warns of the possibility of irregularities in the execution.
Pix amendments are a way of sending resources by parliamentarians to states and municipalities that were popularized in the National Congress because it is simpler execution. From this amendment, a deputy or senator can send money directly to the account of a city hall or government – in “traditional” amendments the appeal is sent to a specific project or service.
In a series of decisions regarding parliamentary amendments, the Supreme Court determined the presentation of work plans for the execution of the pix amendments. This is a document with details on how the feature will be used.
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In these previous decisions, the minister also determined the registration, by beneficiaries, of the work plans of pix amendments regarding the exercises from 2020 to 2024.
“The parliamentary amendment of number 20237226 was indicated by me in 2023 and was fully paid in the same year. The municipality beneficiary, in Alagoas, who is responsible for regulating application to the amounts received, informed this office that also executed the money also in the year 2023, with the regular acquisition of two mobile health units, which are already in full use. Registration of Work Plan for the purpose of execution of parliamentary amendments only began to be required from December 2024, due to the decision effect of Min. Flavio Dino. It has discouraged its formal obligation to register a work plan, relative to ambulances which, as reported to us, are in full use by the population, but which were purchased a year earlier by the previous mayor, ”says the full note sent by Arthur Lira’s press office.
