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STF Orders PF to Investigate NGO Earmarks, Sets Enforcement Deadlines

The move turns CGU audit findings of governance failures with roughly R$15 million in losses into coordinated enforcement.

Overview

  • Minister Flávio Dino sent the CGU report on 2020–2024 emenda transfers to the Federal Police under ADPF 854, which challenges opaque budget practices.
  • The CGU audits flagged vague work plans, directed contracting, false self‑declarations and overpricing, with estimated losses of about R$15.18 million, or 4.5% of the audited funds.
  • Dino warned of attempts to recreate the banned 'orçamento secreto' through collectively labeled or committee emendas used in individualized ways.
  • The order requires the AGU to form a working group in 15 days for civil and administrative accountability, the CGU to open Anti‑Corruption Law proceedings, and the Casa Civil to revise execution rules within 60 days.
  • The Chamber, Senate and Presidency were notified to tighten oversight, and a related PGR filing seeks convictions of three deputies over an alleged R$1.66 million bribe tied to R$6.67 million in emendas.