Brazil's Lower House Sets Anti-Faction Vote as Security PEC Gains Hardline Additions

Overview

• House Speaker Hugo Motta confirmed the anti-faction bill for a floor vote on Tuesday, Nov. 18, calling it a tough response to organized crime.
• Relator Guilherme Derrite has issued multiple report versions that create a new penal category and shift asset confiscation to a separate civil action, positions the government contests.
• Opposition leaders press to treat criminal factions as terrorism and to bypass custody hearings in flagrante cases, and they vow a standalone bill if the chamber rejects the change.
• The Security PEC report due Dec. 4 is being expanded to include zero progression for so‑called super‑grave crimes and a referendum-based path to life imprisonment, moves the Justice Ministry opposes.
• The PEC also constitutionalizes SUSP, outlines a Federal Viary Police, broadens Federal Police authority over environmental crimes and militias, defines municipal guard duties, and shields national security funds.