In April alone, Brazil paid R$ 104 million in benefits to judges.
In April alone, the Brazilian Judiciary – proportionally the most expensive in the world – spent R$ 104,6 million on allowances paid to judges, magistrates, and ministers. This information was compiled by the UOL Portal, which tracked the payrolls of all courts in the country during that month – the last month with complete data available. The portal's report states that it also sought data to conduct the same survey on allowances paid to prosecutors, but that the Public Prosecutor's Offices do not make this information available.
247 - In April alone, the Brazilian Judiciary – proportionally the most expensive in the world – spent R$ 104,6 million on allowances paid to judges, magistrates, and ministers. This information was compiled by the UOL Portal, which tracked the payrolls of all courts in the country during that month – the last month with complete data available. The portal's report states that it also sought data to conduct the same survey on allowances paid to prosecutors, but that the Public Prosecutor's Offices do not make this information available.
Despite this amount allocated under the label of 'aid', the report from the UOL Portal He emphasizes that judges and members of the Public Prosecutor's Office want a 16% increase in their salaries starting in 2019, and that the increase is part of the budget discussion in Congress.
The article also highlights that "when added up over the 12 months of a year, the value of the allowances paid to magistrates reaches R$ 1,25 billion, an amount similar to the entire budget of the city of Palmas (capital of Tocantins) in 2018."
He adds: "On average, each of the 18 magistrates in the country receives R$ 5,8 in allowances per month, which is almost triple the average income of a Brazilian worker, which was R$ 2.178 in 2017, according to the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics)."