Gonet pointed to the parity of treatment between the Judiciary and MPU, provided for in the Constitution; Moraes agreed with the argument
Minister Alexandre de Moraes, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), granted an injunction to exclude the Union Public Ministry’s (MPU) own revenues from the spending limit of the fiscal framework.
The measure had been requested by the Attorney General of the Republic (PGR), Paulo Gonet and follows an understanding that had already been applied by the Supreme Court last year in relation to the own revenues of the courts and other bodies of the Judiciary, in an action filed by the Association of Brazilian Magistrates (AMB).
Gonet pointed to the parity of treatment between the Judiciary and MPU, provided for in the Constitution. Moraes agreed with the argument, stating that it was an “absolutely analogous situation”.
The minister stressed that the fiscal framework legislation includes possible exceptions to the spending limit for each body’s own revenue, as long as the money is applied to the body’s own purpose.
Moraes recalled that the values of the MPU’s own revenues “must be used to cover its expenses, observing the limits imposed by the available budget allocations or by additional credits that may be opened for this purpose”.
According to the decision, money from own revenues will be excluded in 2026. The injunction covers resources “both from previous years and from the current financial year and, obviously, future ones”, stated the minister.
The MPU raises funds through rents, leases, fines, contractual interest, compensation for damage caused to public property and registration fees for competitions and selection processes.
*Jovem Pan
