The parliamentary inquiry into excessive salaries will be used to pressure the Supreme Federal Court.
The Senate has a kind of "ace up its sleeve" in the CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) on excessive salaries to pressure the Supreme Federal Court; the ministers' decision on the removal of parliamentarians, on the 11th, will be scrutinized; some expect the STF (Supreme Federal Court) to declare the adoption of the precautionary measure illegal—which is unlikely; and some hope that the court will at least say that it is up to the Legislative branch to evaluate the sanction; otherwise, Congress will retaliate and the CPI on excessive salaries will be the front against the Judiciary; the commission of inquiry on excessive salaries was proposed by Senator Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL) and is ready to be installed, but the Alagoas senator is holding back the start of the work: he wants to wait for the resolution of the Aécio case to open a new focus of tension between the Powers.
247 - The atmosphere of tranquility that settled in after the Senate backed down in its clash with the Supreme Court is merely superficial. The court's decision on the removal of parliamentarians, on the 11th, will be scrutinized. Some expect the Supreme Court to declare the adoption of the precautionary measure illegal—which is unlikely. And others hope that the court will at least say that it is up to the Legislature to evaluate the sanction. Otherwise, Congress will retaliate, and the CPI on excessive salaries will be the front against the Judiciary.
The court unanimously upheld the removal of Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ) from office last year. This is why members of the Supreme Court doubt that the majority of justices will admit to having made a mistake at the time.
Most likely, if the Supreme Court rules in favor of Congress, it will authorize the submission of restrictive penalties to the Legislative branch. Justices Celso de Mello and Cármen Lúcia will have the deciding votes.
The commission of inquiry into excessive salaries was proposed by Senator Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL) and is ready to be established, but the senator from Alagoas is delaying the start of its work.
Renan told allies that starting the CPI (Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry) at this moment could sound like a provocation. He wants to wait for the resolution of the Aécio case before opening a new point of tension between the branches of government.
The information is Folha de S.Paulo newspaper's "Painel" column.