President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sanctioned a package of laws establishing new national funding mechanisms for the Brazilian justice system on Friday, a move that provides the Executive branch with an administrative mechanism to centralize and allocate resources for the Judiciary and related institutions. The sanctioning took place at the Palácio do Planalto, the presidential palace in Brasília, and was attended by key judicial figures, including Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Edson Fachin and Prosecutor-General of the Republic (PGR) Paulo Gonet. The creation of these new funds aligns directly with President Lula’s recent public calls for "profound reforms" of the Judiciary, signaling a potential shift in the balance of administrative power over the courts’ financial autonomy.