Justice Carmen Lúcia, of the STF| Photo: STF

The Federal Supreme Court (STF) confirmed the allocation of resources to culture through the Paulo Gustavo Law until December 2023. An injunction had been given by Minister Cármen Lúcia in December of last year and has now been endorsed by the majority of the Court. The judgment took place in the virtual plenary on Thursday (2) and ended with the score of 10 to 1 for maintaining public resources for culture until the end of this year. Minister André Mendonça was the only one to differ, on some points, from the rapporteur’s vote.

The lawsuit was filed by the Rede Sustentabilidade party. The caption argued to the STF that the management of former president Jair Bolsonaro (PL) “did not provide for the budget execution in a timely manner for the transfer of funds to the cultural sector still in 2022 and, even if it had done so, there would not be time for the full and adequate execution until 12/31/2022”, according to information from the Supreme Court.

The Paulo Gustavo Law was approved in July 2022 by Congress and established the transfer of public resources to the cultural sector due to the Covid-19 pandemic. At the time, former President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) even vetoed the Paulo Gustavo Law and also the Aldir Blanc Law (Law No. 86 billion from the National Culture Fund (FNC) for states and municipalities to promote cultural activities.