Judge Eva do Amaral Coelho, from the Court of Justice of Pará, stated during a session at the Court that the judiciary is heading towards a “regime of slavery” given recent restrictions on penduricalhos. The declaration comes after a decision by the Federal Supreme Court (STF) that extinguished 15 benefits, maintained eight compensation amounts and established that these installments cannot exceed 35% of the subsidy, limited to R$46,366.19, the civil service ceiling.
The judge received R$91,000 net in March. In the first quarter, it accumulated R$216 thousand in salaries. A member of the 3rd Panel of Criminal Law, she became a judge in July 2020, after a 35-year career.
O Estadão requested a statement from the Court of Justice of Pará and the magistrate regarding remunerations above the ceiling. However, no response had been received until the publication of this text. This space remains open.
During the session, Eva do Amaral criticized the public perception of the category. “Judges are being seen as criminals, as unscrupulous people, people who want to earn a lot without doing anything,” he said. At another point, he said that “in a little while” magistrates, including judges, will be “on the list of employees who work under slavery”.
The judge reacted to the use of the term penduricalhos. “Saying that the judge doesn’t work and that he pursues funds and more funds and more funds as privileges, as trinkets, an expression so foul and so slutty that they threw it at the judiciary, that today we are experiencing enormous tension, because, in a while, we won’t be able to pay our bills”, he declared.
According to her, the financial situation of the category already affects the personal routine of magistrates. “Colleagues are stopping visiting doctors’ offices because they won’t be able to pay for a consultation,” he said. Then he added. “Others are stopping taking medication, understand? So, this is the situation the judiciary is experiencing today.”
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“The population will feel it”
The judge also highlighted the end of benefits. “We no longer have the right to food assistance, we no longer have the right to receive a bonus for managing a forum, they will be cut, they have already been cut,” he stated. Afterwards, he reiterated the comparison. “Anyway, soon we will be on the list of those employees who work under slavery.”
When defending the category’s workload, Eva do Amaral stated that the activity goes far beyond court hours. “Yes, I would like a part of the population to come and experience the day-to-day life of a judge and judge, to see how we work. No one works just here,” he said. “Because if we only work here, then justice won’t work. We work a huge number of overtime hours at home, sacrificing the weekends, when we are on duty. We, on duty, are not here, but we are working at home.”
Eva stated that the effects of the restrictions will be noticed by society. “The population will feel when they seek justice and it really doesn’t get it. Then they will feel it and see which side they chose.”
