In total, there are 490 commissioned functions and 40 technical positions; Proposals will be sanctioned by President Lula
The Senate plenary approved on Tuesday (21.Oct.2025) the creation of 160 commissioned functions in the STF (Supreme Federal Court) and 40 positions Judicial Technician, for Judicial Police agents. The proposal, authored by the STF itself, adds to another, from the STJ (Superior Court of Justice), approved on October 14 by the Senate, which creates 330 commissioned functions in the institution. Both texts are subject to analysis by the president (PT), who can sanction or veto the projects.
According to both courts, the justification is that the increase in remuneration contributes to the retention of civil servants. The forecast is that the 530 new positions will cost nearly R$25 million per year to public coffers.
For , the proposal determines the distribution of 16 functions for each of the offices of the ten ministers – excluding here that of the minister president. The measure according to the former president of the STF, Luís Roberto Barroso, has the objective of “value and retain more experienced and specialized employees, especially in ministers’ offices, where more complex processes are analyzed”.
Em conversation with journalists, the president of , Herman Benjamin, said that “the Court’s continuous effort to reduce the collection [processual] requires greater qualification of servers to deal with more diverse and complex cases. […] It is, therefore, necessary to increase the value of commissioned functions that are located in offices, encouraging the retention of more qualified professionals to assist ministers”.
Both projects generated disagreements among congressmen. The opposition argues that the Judiciary already impacts the budget too much, while the government says that rejecting the projects would increase tension between the Powers.
