Overview

• Demonstrations organized by left-wing movements and supported by prominent artists filled streets in all 27 capitals and dozens of cities on Sept. 21, with showmícios in Rio’s Copacabana and large gatherings on São Paulo’s Avenida Paulista and in Brasília.
• Protesters opposed the Chamber-approved amendment they argue shields lawmakers from accountability and denounced a parallel initiative to grant leniency to those convicted over the January 8 attacks.
• The proposal restricts arrests of deputies and senators to flagrante for constitutionally non-bailable crimes, makes detention and criminal cases contingent on a chamber decision within set windows, and broadens privileged jurisdiction to national party leaders.
• In the Senate, CCJ rapporteur Alessandro Vieira said he will recommend rejection; CCJ president Otto Alencar and the MDB Senate leadership also criticized the text as a setback.
• The Chamber earlier approved urgency for an amnesty bill that can go straight to a floor vote, and designated rapporteur Paulinho da Força has indicated he favors reducing sentences rather than a blanket pardon.