Alcolumbre and Hugo Motta decide to personally defend the mandatory amendments in the Supreme Court.

247- The president of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre (União-AP), and the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), decided to personally attend, next Friday (27), the public hearing convened by Minister Flávio Dino at the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to discuss the constitutionality of mandatory amendments.

According to Pedro Figueiredo, from g1The presence of the two presidents has the explicit objective of making it clear that the Legislative branch will not relinquish its prerogative to direct budget resources.

Dino is the rapporteur for a Direct Action of Unconstitutionality that questions the lack of transparency and traceability of parliamentary amendments. The progress of the process has been generating discomfort in both the Chamber and the Senate and has already strained Dino's relationship with some congressmen.

Although only the lawyers from the two Houses were officially summoned to speak, Alcolumbre and Motta registered to use the Supreme Court's podium—an unusual move that, according to leaders heard behind the scenes, seeks to demonstrate the political weight of the issue. “Dino was expecting the small fry to go, but the presidents are going. Until now, this was a controversy that was behind the scenes. Messages here, messages there. Let's see how the minister will behave with their presence,” stated an ally close to the Senate leadership.

Tensions are rising because lawmakers are associating Dino's actions, nominated to the Supreme Court by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), with potential pressure from the Presidential Palace regarding the release of funds. In a year of tight budgets, any sign of cuts or delays in the payment of individual amendments is seen as a threat to the independence of Congress. Therefore, Friday's hearing is being treated as a crucial moment to gauge the relationship between the branches of government.