Brazil’s Lower House Debates Overhauled Anti‑Faction Bill as Government Tries to Restore Original Draft

Overview

• Opposition relator Guilherme Derrite unveiled a sixth report shortly before the vote, adding an aggravator tied to illegal mineral extraction, detailing custody hearings by videoconference, and revising extraordinary asset forfeiture language.
• The government labeled the text a “lambança legislativa,” argued it weakens the Federal Police and creates legal conflicts, and instructed its base to oppose the report and back a preference highlight for the original executive bill.
• The latest draft keeps a split of proceeds from seized assets between the Federal Police and state security funds, a design officials say fragments financing, undercuts federal capacity, and could clash with existing Funad provisions.
• Chamber president Hugo Motta ruled out floor highlights to equate criminal factions with terrorism, citing internal rules that bar changes to the separate Anti‑Terrorism Law within this bill.
• Senate president Davi Alcolumbre named Senator Alessandro Vieira as the future relator, signaling a second stage where the upper house can rework disputed points if the text passes the Chamber.