Minister Flávio Dino, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), determined this Friday (23) new measures to guarantee the transparency of amendments by federal deputies and senators to the Union Budget.
According to the minister’s decision, the Office of the Comptroller General of the Union (CGU) must present, within 30 days, a proposal to restructure the Transparency Portal, a platform that centralizes data on federal government spending on the internet. With this measure, access to information on amendments RP8 and RP9, which became known as the “secret budget”, should be easy and simplified.
The Ministry of Management and Innovation in Public Services must also present, within 30 days, an action plan to guarantee the transparency of fund-to-fund transfers, resources transferred from federal funds to state and municipal funds.
Dino also determined that civil society organizations that deal with public resources must use the Transferegov platform, a website that centralizes transfers of funds from the Union.
The minister’s decision was taken in the process in which the STF understood that the “secret budget” amendments are unconstitutional.
On the 1st of this month, Dino determined that amendments must follow traceability criteria. The decision was made after the minister concluded that Congress was not complying with the Court’s decision that determined transparency in the release of these types of amendments.
