Proposal determines that the Judiciary and Public Prosecutor’s Office respond to expenses and contracts, under penalty of criminal liability
The deputy (PL-MG) filed on Wednesday (May 6, 2026) a project to allow congressmen to send requests for administrative information to bodies such as the Judiciary, MP (Public Ministry) and audit courts. The objective, according to the text, is to expand the supervision of these institutions. Here is the text (PDF – 111 kB).
Today, deputies can request information from the Judiciary, the MP and the TCU (Federal Audit Court) – just like any citizen. However, the Judiciary understands that it is not subordinate to the Legislature to account for internal management, as is the case with ministries, and that this requirement may harm administrative and financial autonomy.
The proposal determines that these bodies will have a legal duty to respond to requests regarding expenses, contracts and correctional processes. Refusals or providing false information could constitute a crime of responsibility, as occurs in the Executive.
WHAT THE PROJECT SAYS
The project targets information requests, instruments used by deputies to request documents, data or clarifications. Today concentrated in the Executive, they demand responses within 30 days.
Nikolas claims there are two “gaps” in these instruments. The 1st would be the lack of provision for the indication to be directed to the Public Ministry, the Public Defender’s Office and the audit courts.
The 2nd concerns the Judiciary, which would also not be included among the recipients of the requests. Nikolas says that the absence is not justified and declares that there is a provision for “indication, a more incisive proposition, which has the power to suggest conduct”.
According to the text, the change does not interfere with judicial decisions, but only with information on administrative, budgetary, financial, operational, patrimonial and correctional management.
“These are the measures that are intended to be made known to society, with a republican spirit, through the most appropriately democratic forum: the Chamber of Deputies”, says the text.
STF vs. LEGISLATIVE
Nikolas constantly criticizes decisions from the STF (Supreme Federal Court). In the same week that the project was filed, Minister Alexandre de Moraes applied the Dosimetry Law until the Court analyzes actions that question the rule.
The deputy stated that a “judge alone decided to suspend the will of the entire National Congress“. On his social networks, Nikolas stated that “nIn today’s Brazil, the final word of 513 deputies and 81 senators can be canceled by a single stroke of the pen”.
