Brazil’s Lower House Sets Vote on Antifaction Bill as Government Warns of Flaws

Overview

• The Chamber president, Hugo Motta, kept the Antifaction bill on today’s agenda despite no cross-bloc consensus and signaled a possible fifth draft before the floor vote.
• The current report by Guilherme Derrite creates a standalone framework with harsher penalties of up to 40 years, a national database, tougher prison rules and monitored visits for leaders of criminal groups.
• Justice Minister Ricardo Lewandowski and minister Gleisi Hoffmann say the draft has constitutional and technical problems and could drain federal resources, with the ministry estimating a R$360 million hit from fund changes.
• Political maneuvering intensified as the PT pressed to replace the rapporteur or delay the vote, while the PL considered a floor highlight to reinsert the idea of treating criminal factions like terrorists.
• The legislative push unfolds alongside judicial scrutiny of recent Rio security operations and the STF’s publication of the ruling that rejected Jair Bolsonaro’s appeals, which opened a five-day window for new filings.