Overview

• Transparência Brasil reports that from 2020 to 2025 Congress directed R$9.4 billion via so‑called parallel bancada indications, with 61% lacking detail on final use or sponsors.
• These indications were booked under executive identifiers such as RP 2 (and, in some cases, RP 3/PAC), mixing with discretionary spending and losing links to members of Congress.
• Codevasf emerged as the largest destination with R$408.3 million in 2024, while the Defense Ministry also figured prominently and Amapá led among states receiving these funds.
• At least R$79.1 million in parallel bancada resources were committed between August and December 2024, during a period when the STF had halted other categories of parliamentary earmarks.
• STF relator Flávio Dino directed that any deeper probe proceed in a separate action as the government and Congress rejected claims of illegality, even as LC 210/2024 curbed bancada parallels and a separate R$8.5 billion in commission parallels was identified for 2025.