Ipea: New Regional Federal Courts will cost more than R$ 900 million/year.
The estimate is in the technical note "Cost and Efficiency of the New Federal Regional Courts: An Evaluation of Constitutional Amendment (EC) 73," presented by the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea); the amendment was enacted last Thursday by the acting president of Congress, André Vargas (PT-PR), during the absence of the president of the Senate, Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL); the president of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Joaquim Barbosa, was against the creation of courts via the National Congress.
Akemi Nitahara
Reporter from Agência Brasil
Rio de Janeiro - The installation of four new regional federal courts (TRFs), foreseen in Constitutional Amendment 73, will cost R$ 922 million per year to public coffers. The estimate is in the technical note Cost and Efficiency of the New Regional Federal Courts: An Evaluation of Constitutional Amendment (EC) 73, released today (10) by the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea). The study is being detailed at this moment.
The amendment was enacted last Thursday (6), and was the result of the approval of Constitutional Amendment Proposal (PEC) 544. The National Congress defined that the new bodies will be established in Curitiba, to serve the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Mato Grosso do Sul; in Belo Horizonte, to serve the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia; in Salvador, with jurisdiction in Bahia and Sergipe and in Manaus, to serve processes from Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia and Roraima.
The four new regional federal courts (TRFs) could be established in the country within the next six months. This timeframe depends on the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) drafting a bill to regulate their establishment and on the allocation of resources in the budget.
Initiated by the Federal Senate, the justification given by congressmen for approving the PEC (Proposed Constitutional Amendment) was to streamline the Federal Justice system by decentralizing its work, especially that of the Regional Federal Court of the 1st Region (TRF1), which is currently responsible for 13 states and the Federal District. Three of the states that will host new TRFs – Amazonas, Bahia, and Minas Gerais – are currently within the jurisdiction of the TRF1.
Edited by: Davi Oliveira