New revenue and budget adjustments led Brazil’s Federal Justice Council (CJF) to abandon its request for R$208.9 million in extraordinary funding for compensatory payments to judges. The decision was communicated to the Office of the Attorney General (AGU) on November 10 by the council’s president, Justice Luis Felipe Salomão.
According to Salomão, a reassessment of the accounts eliminated the need for additional funds. The withdrawal applies only to the CJF: as of the announcement of the decision, there was no information indicating that the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office had withdrawn its request for R$324 million. On November 6, the AGU had asked the Supreme Federal Court (STF) for guidance on how to comply with rulings concerning the payments.
The payments include a length-of-service bonus that provides for a 5% increase in salary every five years, capped at 35%. The withdrawal of the funding request does not cancel the benefits authorized by the Supreme Court.
