Sergipe Judges Logged Six-Figure December Paychecks as Mato Grosso Court Paid R$28.5 Million in Extras

Overview

• In Sergipe, 143 judges and desembargadores received six-figure December payslips, including 66 above R$200,000, driven by retroactive “gratificação do acervo processual” dating to 2015, which a union estimates will cost at least R$140 million.
• In Mato Grosso, the court disbursed R$28,485,472.21 in extra amounts to 323 magistrates in December 2025, with individual payments ranging from about R$1,100 to R$123,217.
• The Mato Grosso payouts were enabled by a R$40 million supplementary credit authorized by Governor Mauro Mendes in a decree published in December.
• Sinjusmat alleges a lack of transparency and noncompliance with an internal proportionality rule for past-exercise credits, sought a CNJ injunction to halt transfers until detailed data are released, and the CNJ told G1 it has not yet officially received the complaint.
• The TJ-MT stated the payments—covering subsidies, indemnified vacation, 13th salary and accrued leave—comply with the Constitution and CNJ norms and are published transparently, and recipients included magistrates on leave or compulsorily retired such as Sebastião de Moraes Filho and João Ferreira Filho, who received about R$54,000 each.