The minister of the STF (Supreme Federal Court) determined, this Sunday (8), that the MP-RJ (Public Ministry of Rio de Janeiro) explain payments made in January, February and March of this year. The judge gave 72 hours to receive a response, “under penalty of administrative-disciplinary liability”.
The harsh tone comes after the MP-RJ continued to pay the bills, even after they were suspended by Gilmar. The justification was that these bonuses, aid or funds were not established by the Public Ministry. “Only the payment of the financial installments already previously identified and recognized by the institutional leadership was continued.”
This year the Court is carrying out a kind of crusade against pendulicamentos. The term refers to extra amounts paid to public agents as a way of circumventing the civil service ceiling, currently at R$46,300. As shown by Sheetservers worth up to R$3 million in a single year.
Gilmar, on February 23, suspended compensation funds from the Judiciary and Public Prosecutor’s Office based on state laws and lower normative acts, determining that only outstanding amounts provided for in national law be paid, with a period of 60 days for states to stop state payments and 45 days to suspend payments arising from administrative decisions.
In this Sunday’s decision, Gilmar stated that the “information presented by the Attorney General of the Public Ministry of the State of Rio de Janeiro does not prove to be sufficient to examine faithful and effective compliance with the decisions made” in the process.
Therefore, Gilmar demands the “sending of complete and detailed information” on the following points:
- Detailed indication of all remuneration and compensation amounts, including bonuses, additional payments, indemnities and other similar amounts and retroactive amounts, authorized and paid from January, February to April 2026;
- Accurate, detailed and individualized reports of the amounts paid in those months;
- Precise dates on which payments were authorized and actually made and documents that show “the exact moment” in which the payment order was forwarded to the responsible financial institution.
On February 26, Gilmar, for 45 days, paid administratively recognized retroactive payments that were already scheduled for the period. The dean warned, however, that any advance or financial reprogramming will be considered fraud, subject to punishment
