The Palácio do Planalto reported this Tuesday that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vetoed part of the project that provided for salary adjustments for careers in the Chamber, the Senate and the Federal Court of Auditors (TCU). The PT member blocked the creation of a compensatory license with the possibility of conversion into paid funds, resulting in values that could exceed the constitutional ceiling for public service.
Two projects approved by the Chamber last week provided for salary increases for House and Senate employees of around 9% this year, in addition to creating other benefits for Legislative employees.
Lula sanctioned the increase for 2026, but vetoed the staggering of adjustments for the years 2027, 2028 and 2029. The president’s justification is that the Fiscal Responsibility Law prohibits the creation of mandatory expenses at the end of the term that cannot be fully fulfilled within it.
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In the case of compensatory leave, the projects provided for the possibility of employees receiving time off for every 3 days worked. These days, however, could be converted into cash payments and without charging Income Tax, which allows the constitutional ceiling for public service to be exceeded, currently R$46,366.19. This hypothesis was used as justification for the presidential veto.
The sanctions and reasons for the vetoes will be published in the Official Gazette of the Union this Wednesday.
The following were vetoed by Lula:
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Excerpts that authorized retroactive payments of ongoing expenses, in violation of art. 169, § 1, item II, of the Federal Constitution;
Devices that established compensatory leave for commissioned and advisory functions, with the possibility of conversion into compensation;
Rules that provided for a semi-annual calculation method for retirements and pensions, due to incompatibility with Constitutional Amendment No. 103/2019.
On the other hand, Lula sanctioned provisions that provided for the replacement of bonuses paid to Congressional employees, as long as they do not exceed the salary ceiling, the recognition of careers in the Legislature as State careers, and, in the case of the TCU, the expansion of the number of positions, the increase in the levels of trust functions and the requirement for a higher education level for all positions.
Version war
The approval of the projects last week generated a war of versions between members of the government and the top of the Chamber. Ministers and advisors sitting at Palácio do Planalto denied that the Executive had participated in any agreement to approve the project that restructures careers in the federal Legislature, grants adjustments and authorizes bonuses to Congressional employees that can reach 100% of the base salary.
The president of the Chamber, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), however, refuted the version and stated that the leader of the Lula government in the House, José Guimarães (PT-CE), was at the meeting in which the proposal was discussed and gave approval to the forwarding.
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