President of the Supreme Court states that “Judge is a professional who needs to be well paid”
The president of the (Supreme Court), Minister Roberto Barroso, said in an interview with “” TV Culturathat the Brazilian judiciary “It’s expensive, but it’s worth it ”. During the program, aired on Monday (22.Set.2025), Barroso justified the budget dedicated to justice stating that it is an institution that guarantees the presence of the state throughout the national territory.
“The Brazilian judiciary is expensive. It costs around [Produto Interno Bruto]. But it is the most capillarity institution in the country. I went to Altamira and have judges there. I went to North Atalaia, there is a judge there. I went to this weekend to Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Vitória do Palmar, border with Uruguay, has a judge there”Said the minister.
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“Therefore, the Brazilian judiciary costs the cost of the state’s presence throughout the country, a presence that makes a lot of difference in people’s lives“, These.
Another justification given by the President of the Court is that judges come from a market with good salaries and therefore need to have an attractive remuneration.
“Judge is a professional who has to be well paid, because you recruit judges from the law market. And therefore, a market that has private lawyers who earn fees, public lawyers who earn fees. If you do not pay the judges well, you do not recruit the best names for the judiciary, you recruit what is left. I don’t want what’s left. He has to pay well. But you have to pay well within the legislation”He said.
“I think for the service it provides to the country, I don’t think it’s an expensive judiciary. It is expensive, but it is worth it. Now, where there is abuse, we have to face ”these.
Being president of the Supreme Court, Barroso also chairs the (National Council of Justice), whose function is to oversee the functioning of the judiciary. Asked if the agency could no longer do to reduce the weight of power in the budget, Barroso cited a resolution (No. 621/2025), approved in May, which prohibits state courts to pay new retroactive benefits by administrative decision. This is the resolution (PDF – 163 kb).
“Made a lot of difference, ended with a mess that here and there existed”Said the minister.
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