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Court likely to uphold Justice Dino ruling suspending benefits, with deadline adjustments after Chief Justice Fachin meets with congressional leaders<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The full bench of Brazil\u2019s Supreme Court is set to review on Wednesday (25) a decision by Justice\u00a0Fl\u00e1vio Dino<\/strong> limiting the payment of indemnity allowances not expressly provided for by law, commonly referred to as \u201cpenduricalhos,\u201d or add-on benefits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The case comes a day after Chief Justice\u00a0Edson Fachin<\/strong>\u00a0met with Chamber of Deputies Speaker\u00a0Hugo Motta<\/strong>\u00a0(Republicans of Para\u00edba) and Senate President\u00a0Davi Alcolumbre<\/strong>\u00a0(Brazil Union of Amap\u00e1) to discuss a transition rule for the add-ons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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At the meeting, it was agreed that a proposal for a \u201ctransition rule\u201d on the \u201climits of the constitutional salary cap\u201d would be drafted \u201cin the coming days.\u201d Also in attendance were Dino and Justices\u00a0Gilmar Mendes<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Alexandre de Moraes<\/strong>, Deputy Prosecutor-General\u00a0Hindenburgo Chateaubriand<\/strong>, and the president of the Federal Court of Accounts (TCU),\u00a0Vital do R\u00eago<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dino\u2019s decision gives the three branches of government 60 days to reassess all remuneration payments and suspend those not expressly provided for in federal, state or municipal rules. A transition rule is expected to be adopted because there would not be sufficient time to comply with the order within two months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The justice issued the ruling on February 5. The injunction was submitted to the Supreme Court\u2019s full bench, which will now decide whether to uphold the order issued earlier this month.\u00a0Valor<\/strong>\u00a0has learned\u00a0that the Court is likely to uphold the measure<\/strong>. However, adjustments are expected to the deadlines set by Dino, taking into account the agreement reached at Monday\u2019s (23) meeting regarding the \u201ctransition rule.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Supreme Court justices admit behind the scenes that the matter is sensitive and overturning a colleague\u2019s decision could further intensify criticism of the Court, which has grown amid developments in investigations involving Banco Master.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On Monday (23), Justice Mendes also issued a ruling on the add-ons. He determined that indemnity payments may only be made to members of the Judiciary and the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office when expressly provided for in a law approved by Congress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Valor has learned that the decision may also be brought before the full bench on Wednesday, so that both Mendes\u2019s and Dino\u2019s orders can be reviewed jointly by the other justices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That will depend, however, on Fachin. The chief justice may opt not to review any of the cases dealing with the add-ons until progress is made on the transition rule for indemnity payments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The adoption of a transitional regime for changes to the add-ons is supported by professional associations and by the S\u00e3o Paulo State Court of Justice (TJ-SP), which requested a \u201creasonable deadline\u201d for the approval of guidelines on the matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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At the meeting held at the Supreme Court, the speakers of the Chamber and the Senate said it will not be possible to pass a specific law on the add-ons in 2026, given the elections and the priorities already set for this year. Behind the scenes, the possibility was raised that a solution could be addressed within the administrative reform under discussion in the Chamber, though there is still no date for a vote.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking to\u00a0Valor,<\/strong>\u00a0Federal Deputy\u00a0Pedro Paulo<\/strong>\u00a0(Social Democratic Party, PSD, Rio de Janeiro), coordinator of the administrative reform working group in the Chamber, defended including the issue in the proposal. \u201cWe will have to deliberate on this, and now there is pressure from outside in. There are bills under consideration, but I believe we should promptly discuss the administrative reform, which also addresses this [the add-ons], and resolve it at once,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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On Tuesday, Motta said he rules out any possibility of the Chamber legalizing above-cap salaries through bills already under consideration or that may be introduced. \u201cWhat we have said is that this discussion needs to be carried out in a much broader way. Dino\u2019s decision, now reaffirmed in another case by Justice Gilmar, was appropriate and brings to the table of real Brazil, which faces many challenges, the incompatibility of continuing to pay these add-ons across various levels of the public administration,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Finance Minister\u00a0Fernando Haddad<\/strong>\u00a0said the Supreme Court\u2019s recent decisions represent a \u201cwindow of opportunity\u201d for Congress to advance a bill aimed at curbing above-cap salaries, sent by the ministry to the Legislature in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In the Finance Ministry\u2019s view, progress on the bill to curb above-cap salaries is also a way to begin the administrative reform debate in a \u201cproper\u201d manner, targeting public servants with the highest pay\u2014often above constitutional limits.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In his ruling earlier this month, Dino ordered Congress to specify which indemnity payments qualify as exceptions to the public service salary cap. He said that although the Court has already established consolidated case law, there has been an \u201cextraordinary\u201d spread in the payment of installments of an \u201cindemnity nature.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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According to him, the Supreme Court has ruled \u201chundreds (perhaps thousands) of times\u201d on this type of payment, always upholding constitutional parameters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The justice also said there is in Brazil a \u201cphenomenon of anomalous multiplication\u201d of add-ons, which he argued does not occur even in the world\u2019s wealthiest countries. \u201cCertainly the end of the Empire of Add-Ons, with effective pay equity, so necessary for valuing public servants and for the effectiveness and dignity of public service, will be more effective and swift,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

*By\u00a0Tiago Angelo,\u00a0Ruan Amorim,\u00a0Beatriz Roscoe,\u00a0Gabriela Guido\u00a0and\u00a0Guilheme Pimenta\u00a0\u2014 Bras\u00edlia<\/p>\n

Source: Valor International<\/p>\n

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