Brazil’s Government Moves to Restore Original Antifacção Bill Text in Chamber Vote

Overview

• The government leader José Guimarães said the base will guide votes against rapporteur Guilherme Derrite’s report and will try to swap in the Executive’s draft via a preferential highlight.
• If that fails, the PT plans three targeted highlights on the crime’s legal definition, the wording and division of public security funds with states, and asset forfeiture rules.
• Disagreements persist over the role and financing of the Federal Police, while part of the opposition seeks to restore language equating faction crimes with terrorism.
• Chamber president Hugo Motta touted the package as the toughest response to organized crime, citing higher penalties, new typifications, transfers of gang leaders to federal prisons, recorded lawyer meetings, and bans on intimate visits.
• Minister Gleisi Hoffmann criticized Derrite for issuing six reports and refusing talks, warned the final text could create legal conflicts, and indicated the government may press to revert changes in the Senate if defeated in the Chamber.