The Comptroller General of the Union (CGU) announced on Monday 18th a series of changes to the Transparency Portal, the official platform intended to make public the federal government’s public spending. The main innovation is the implementation of new resources that expand the ability to monitor the transfer of parliamentary amendments.
The reformulation responds to the decision of Minister Flávio Dino, of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), who, in the context of the processes linked to the unconstitutionality of the amendments to the “secret budget”, ordered that the resources have a greater degree of traceability.
With the updates, you can now access information about the changes in more detail, such as looking at the agreements receiving the transfers, checking which beneficiaries received the changes, and even looking at the expense documents. Furthermore, search filters have been created that allow changes to be tracked by region and by type of resource, facilitating social control over these expenses.
Vinícius Marques de Carvalho, Minister of the CGU, underlined that all transparency measures requested by the STF were respected by the Controller. “The Transparency Portal is an important achievement for Brazilian society and turns 20,” he said.
In addition to updating the portal, Flávio Dino ordered the CGU to carry out audits to evaluate the effectiveness and risks associated with the changes. The Ministry will also carry out an inspection in 20 municipalities that have received transfers from the commissions, as well as examining transfers made to non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
This move follows the STF’s decision in December 2022 that declared amendments RP 8 and RP 9 (types of speaker’s amendments, nicknamed “secret budget”) unconstitutional. After this decision, the National Congress approved a resolution that modified the rules for distribution of resources through amendments by the rapporteur, adapting to the Court’s decisions. However, the PSOL, the party that questioned the constitutionality of the amendments, said the change had not yet been fully implemented.
After the withdrawal of Minister Rosa Weber, who had been the original rapporteur on the case, Minister Flávio Dino took over the actions. In August this year he decided to suspend the transfers of amendments and called for the traceability of resources, as well as ordering an audit of transfers made by parliamentarians through the secret budget.
Source: Terra
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