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The Supreme Federal Court (STF) formed a majority to reject a new attempt to restore the 'revisão da vida toda' (whole life revision) of INSS pensions. The decision was made in a virtual trial of embargos de declaração in Direct Unconstitutionality Action (ADI) 2.111, with seven votes against the appeal by the National Confederation of Metallurgical Workers (CNTM) as of Friday, June 12. ✓
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"O Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) formou maioria de votos nesta sexta-feira, 12 para negar alterações na decisão da Corte que rejeitou a revisão da vida toda das aposentadorias do Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social (INSS). O entendimento foi formado no julgamento virtual de um recurso protocolado na Ação Direta de Inconstitucionalidade (ADI) 2.111."
The CNTM argued that the whole life revision should be applied to lawsuits filed until March 21, 2024, the date when the STF changed its understanding and prohibited the benefit. The rapporteur, Minister Nunes Marques, rejected the argument based on the principle of exhaustion of judicial deliberation: "I do not acknowledge the fourth embargos de declaração filed by the National Confederation of Metallurgical Workers. Considering also that the matter has already been exhaustively deliberated by this court, I order the certification of res judicata and immediate filing". ✓
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"A entidade defendeu que a revisão da vida toda seja aplicada nos processos que foram ajuizados até o dia 21 de março de 2024, data na qual o Supremo reviu seu próprio entendimento e vetou a revisão."
"Não conheço dos quartos embargos de declaração opostos pela Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores Metalúrgicos. Considerando também que a questão já foi exaustivamente deliberada por este tribunal, determino a certificação do trânsito em julgado e o arquivamento imediato", votou o ministro."
The decision confirms the turnaround of March 2024, when the STF overturned by 6 votes to 5 its own previous understanding that authorized retirees to choose the most favorable calculation rule. The revision allowed including contributions prior to July 1994 in the benefit calculation, which had been excluded by the 1999 pension reform. Only Minister Dias Toffoli presented a dissenting vote, defending that the right should be preserved for cases filed between December 2019 and April 2024. ✓
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"Por seis votos a cinco, os ministros concluíram que os aposentados não possuem o direito de escolher a regra mais vantajosa para o cálculo dos benefícios previdenciários."
"Dias Toffoli apresentou voto favorável à revisão. Para o ministro, o direito deve ser reconhecido para processos ajuizados entre 16 de dezembro de 2019, data da decisão do STJ, e 5 de abril de 2024, data de publicação da decisão do STF na ADI 2.111."
STF formed a majority of 7 votes to reject the CNTM's embargos de declaração in ADI 2.111
Minister Nunes Marques was the rapporteur who rejected the appeal based on exhaustion of deliberation
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Nominal list of ministers who accompanied the rapporteur's vote: Cristiano Zanin, Cármen Lúcia, Alexandre de Moraes, Gilmar Mendes, Flávio Dino and Luiz Fux
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Period proposed by Dias Toffoli for preservation of revision rights
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What is the estimated fiscal impact for the Union with the definitive veto of the whole life revision?
Why it's still unknown: No source presented estimates of the amount that will no longer be paid to retirees or the number of beneficiaries affected by the STF's final decision.
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How many lawsuits regarding the whole life revision are pending in court and will be affected by the decision?
Why it's still unknown: The consulted outlets did not inform the number of pending legal actions that will be impacted by the res judicata of ADI 2.111.