Renan blocks the creation of new regional courts.
The President of the Senate will meet this Tuesday with the presidents of the Brazilian Federal Judges Association (Ajufe), the Brazilian Magistrates Association (AMB), and the National Association of Labor Court Magistrates (Anamatra) to inform them that the proposed constitutional amendment (PEC) that aimed to create four new regional courts should not be enacted; two weeks ago, the judges were reprimanded by the President of the Supreme Court, Joaquim Barbosa, for allegedly acting "sneaky" to secure the approval of the project.
247 - The approval of the constitutional amendment that creates four more regional courts in the country was a source of embarrassment after the president of the Supreme Federal Court, Joaquim Barbosa, accused representatives of the judges of carrying out "sneaky" lobbying for the approval of the new courts, which, according to him, would end up being created in resorts (rememberThis Tuesday, the same representatives of the judges will meet with the president of the Senate, Renan Calheiros (PMDB-AL), to hear some unpleasant news, but one that should be delivered in a less strident manner: the 4 new Regional Federal Courts will not be built.
Renan has already decided not to enact the already approved constitutional amendment that creates the courts. The justification that the PMDB member is expected to present is that a divergence in the proposal approved by Congress prevents its immediate entry into force. But, fundamentally, the president of the Senate and the federal government are really concerned about the budget shortfall that the creation of the new courts would cause.
The Senate president will argue that if senators alter the content of a bill from the Chamber of Deputies, or vice versa, the text cannot be enacted because it needs to return to the originating house for a new vote. According to Renan, the text approved by the Chamber in April removed a section approved in the Senate that specified how the composition of the courts should be. However, proponents of the measure argue that there was no change in substance.
The rapporteur for the amendment in the Chamber of Deputies, Representative Eduardo Sciarra (PSD-PR), says that Renan's initiative has no legal basis because, when he was president of the Senate, José Sarney (PMDB-AP) issued an opinion stating that the change was legal.