Overview

• Demonstrations were held across all 27 state capitals and dozens of cities, with a march in Brasília from the Museu Nacional to the Congress and major gatherings in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador.
• Artists amplified turnout: Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque and Gilberto Gil headlined a Copacabana show, Daniela Mercury and Wagner Moura led a trio elétrico in Salvador, and Chico César performed in Brasília.
• Protesters targeted both the proposed amnesty for January 8 convicts and the constitutional amendment, chanting “sem anistia” and labeling the measure the “PEC da bandidagem.”
• The Chamber of Deputies approved PEC 3/2021, which tightens rules on investigations and detentions of lawmakers and broadens privileged forum, and it granted urgency to an amnesty bill that could shorten sentences.
• In the Senate, CCJ relator Alessandro Vieira says he will recommend rejecting the PEC, with the committee’s chair Otto Alencar and the MDB leadership signaling opposition as the proposal reaches its next hurdle.