“The Supreme Court STF has shut down the Brazilian Congress”

By Loriane Comeli

Lawmakers criticized the decision of Minister Gilmar Mendes of the Supreme Court (STF), to authorize the exceeding of the spending cap, removing the expenses of the Bolsa Familia, now Brazil Aid, from the limit, and allowing the benefit to be paid through the opening of extraordinary credit.

Mendes responded to a request from Rede Sustentabilidade.

Federal Deputy Marcel van Hattem (Novo-RS) said that “one judge has more power in the stroke of his pen than 594 parliamentarians” and criticized the fact that the judiciary makes decisions that are up to the legislature.

The congressmen also criticized the “omission” of the presidents of the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco (PSD-MG), and the House, Arthur Lira (PP-AL).

“The Supreme closed the National Congress,” said Congressman Carlos Jordy (PL-RJ).

STF tira do teto de gastos o bolsa família. Com isso, a PEC da transição perde razão de existir. O Supremo fechou o Congresso Nacional. Parabéns pela omissão @rodrigopacheco e @ArthurLira_. O espaço deixado pelo Legislativo, ao não agir e não se respeitar, foi ocupado pelo STF.

— Carlos Jordy (@carlosjordy) December 19, 2022

“Congratulations on the omission, Rodrigo Pacheco and Arthur Lira. The space left by the Legislature, by not acting and not respecting itself, was occupied by the STF.”

Deputy Bia Kicis (PL-DF) echoed the same sentiment as Jordy. “The STF has practically closed down Congress, which is becoming increasingly irrelevant every day for Lula’s purposes,” she wrote on Twitter.

O STF praticamente fechou o Congresso que se torna cada dia mais irrelevante para os propósitos do Lula. pic.twitter.com/5KBv7xGU9r

— Bia Kicis (@Biakicis) December 19, 2022

Congressman Paulo Martins (PL-PR) thickened the chorus against Gilmar. “In 2016, Congress approved the PEC of the ceiling to discipline public spending,” he recalled.

“Already in 2022, Parliament was discussing a change in this discipline. A minister of the STF decided the change in place of the CN. The National Congress is irrelevant in the Republic of Juristocracy.”

Filipe Barros (PL-PR) also condemned Gilmar’s decision, which “closed the National Congress, just like in Venezuela.”

Em 2016, o Congresso Nacional aprovou a PEC do teto para disciplinar gastos públicos. Já em 2022, o CN discutia uma mudança nessa disciplina. UM ministro do STF decidiu a mudança no lugar do CN. O Congresso Nacional é irrelevante na República da Juristocracia. pic.twitter.com/SdUklZECxE

— Paulo Eduardo Martins (@PauloMartins10) December 19, 2022

Senator Eduardo Girão (Podemos-CE) wrote that the “dictatorship that Brazil lives, with ‘supremes’ legislating, meddling in presidential appointments and freeing corrupt people, has the fingerprints of an omission Senate.” “Now act or soon hand over the key,” he added.

Information from Revista Oeste