Transparency Brazil Report indicates that Codevasf concentrated more than half of the funds and received R $ 313 million
The National Congress used in 2024 bench amendments “Parallel” To direct R $ 2.9 billion from the budget that were formally under the executive’s control, according to the report released on Wednesday (24.Set.2025). The practice occurred with the consent of the Government (PT). Read A (PDF – 3 MB).
(São Francisco and Parnaíba Valleys Development Company) was one of the most privileged companies with the measure, receiving about $ 313 million. Only 20% of parallel amendments – R $ 600 million – had their application associated with a budget label that allows to track the expense. The rest of the funds mixed “livres” Ministries, which makes supervision difficult.
Read the list of the main benefited organs:
- Codevasf (San Francisco and Parnaíba Valleys Development Company) – R $ 313.7 million;
- Ministry of Defense – R $ 109.6 million;
- Ministry of Cities – R $ 25.4 million;
- Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock – R $ 24.4 million;
- Sudesity (Midwest Development Superintendence)-R $ 22.6 million.
Documents obtained via LAI (Access to Information Law) show congressmen sending offices directly to former Codevasf president Marcelo Moreira, using expressions such as “My quota” e “Credit bearer”To indicate beneficiaries, including community associations that would receive machines such as backhoes.
Among the states, Amapá concentrated R $ 92 million, ahead of Piauí (R $ 82.3 million), Ceará (R $ 61.2 million), Bahia (R $ 41.4 million) and Amazonas (R $ 35 million).
Bench, mandatory payment amendments appear in the budget with RP 7 code and are limited to 1% of the net current revenue of the previous year. Already the “parallel” amendments use the Codes RP 2 and RP 3, which correspond, respectively, to discretionary spending of the executive and to resources from PAC (Growth Acceleration Program). In theory, these last two modalities have application defined by the government and can be contingent.
The study indicates that, since 2020, Congress has allocated R $ 9.4 billion in parallel bench amendments, of which only 39% are traceable.
