Key Facts
—The ruling. On 14 July, Supreme Court Justice Flávio Dino declared the “outsourcing” of parliamentary budget amendments — their control by people who hold no elected office — plainly illegal.
—Traceability demanded. He ordered the National Treasury to report within 15 days on codes that would tag each amendment’s money individually, down to the state and municipal level.
—A deadline in October. The Management Ministry has until 2 October to detail how it will track individual amendments through a dedicated payment system.
—The trigger. The decision follows investigations into PL leader Valdemar Costa Neto and former House speaker Eduardo Cunha over the alleged steering of public funds.
