The President of the Chamber, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), defended Friday evening the civil servant Mariângela Fialek, former advisor to Arthur Lira (PP-AL), target of an operation by the Federal Police (PF) on the direction of parliamentary amendments.
The employee, currently assigned to the management of the PP, was identified by the investigation as the person who centralized the direction of the amendments to the old secret budget.
According to Motta, the decision authorizing the action, issued by Minister Flávio Dino, of the Federal Court (STF), does not indicate “any act of embezzlement.”
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The MP also defended that possible discrepancies “must be thoroughly investigated”.
“The servant Mariângela Fialek is a competent, responsible and committed technician
to the good management of public affairs. The civil servant’s experience is recognized by all bodies of the legislative and executive powers that prepare and execute the federal budget. In fact, the work of civil servant Mariângela Fialek has been fundamental in improving the systems for monitoring the proposal, indication and execution of parliamentary amendments.
Parliamentary amendments are indications made by deputies and senators to the federal budget, provided for in art. 166 of the Constitution, in order to direct resources towards public policies that benefit Brazilian citizens from all corners of the country. Parliamentarians indicate the allocation of these resources, which are managed by the federal executive branch, states and municipalities, and supervised by control bodies.
Furthermore, all modifications are authorized by the Secretariat for Institutional Relations of the Presidency of the Republic.
The Chamber of Deputies does not tolerate illegalities in the execution of amendments
parliamentarians. Consequently, in collaboration with the executive power, the Federal Senate,
The Federal Court of Auditors and the Federal Supreme Court have improved the transparency and traceability systems for the proposal, indication and execution of parliamentary amendments.
In this sense, the National Congress approved Complementary Law No. 210/2024, which provides for the proposal and execution of parliamentary amendments to the annual budget law, providing for control and transparency mechanisms. In addition, it has constantly improved the regulations in this matter, as is the case with Resolutions 1 and 2, of 2025, of the National Congress.
The Legislature launched an institutional advertising campaign and launched a specific portal to monitor the proposal, indication and execution of parliamentary amendments, without compromising the transparency already implemented by the original Chamber portal and the transparency portal.
The Chamber of Deputies respects the Federal Court and all the decisions it renders. He emphasizes, however, that a careful and correct reading of the decision taken by the illustrious Minister Flávio Dino reveals that there is no indication of any act of embezzlement of public funds. None. We emphasize that any discrepancies must be duly investigated.
It is important not to confuse the political act of simply indicating the amendments of the parliamentary committees (which are not even binding and subject to the discretionary judgment of the executive branch) with the final execution of these funds by their ultimate beneficiaries.
The proper execution of public resources and government transfers, not only
parliamentary amendments, but also coming from the executive power, through its
final recipients, must be strictly monitored by control bodies.
The civil servant Mariângela Fialek is a competent technician, responsible and committed to the good management of public affairs. The civil servant’s experience is recognized by all bodies of the legislative and executive powers that prepare and execute the federal budget. In fact, the work of civil servant Mariângela Fialek has been fundamental in improving the systems for monitoring the proposal, indication and execution of parliamentary amendments.
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