The Chamber's Constitution and Justice Committee approves limits on individual decisions in the Supreme Court.
Individual decisions by Supreme Court justices will have to be reviewed by the full Court.
247 - The Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ) of the Chamber of Deputies approved, this Tuesday (30), a bill that limits the so-called monocratic decisions - made by only one minister of the Court - in the Supreme Federal Court (STF). These decisions are to have a great impact on political and legal issues. As the bill is being processed in a conclusive manner, it will go to the Senate if there is no appeal for analysis in the plenary of the Chamber itself. The information is from CNN Brazil.
What does the project foresee?
Authored by Representative Marcos Pereira (Republicanos-SP) and with Alex Manente (Cidadania-SP) as rapporteur, the text mandates that any individual decision by a Supreme Court Justice must be submitted to the full court at the following session. If this does not occur, the decision may be annulled.
Furthermore, the bill establishes that only parties that reach the electoral threshold will be able to file actions for concentrated constitutional review, such as ADIs, ADCs, ADOs, and ADPFs. Currently, any party with representation in Congress can take action before the Supreme Court.
Change in the role of political parties.
The proposal seeks to reduce the unrestricted access of political parties to direct actions before the Supreme Federal Court (STF), restricting this possibility only to parties that achieve the minimum electoral performance required by the barrier clause. In practice, this limits the activity of smaller parties, which frequently resort to the Court to challenge laws and regulations.
Next steps in the process
The text, approved definitively, now goes to the Federal Senate. If there is no appeal for it to be voted on in the Chamber's plenary session, the Senate's analysis will be the next step in the process.
