Brazil’s Security Committee Summons Justice Minister Lewandowski After No-Show Under Threat of Crime of Responsibility

Overview

• The Chamber’s Commission on Public Security approved a formal convocation that obliges Ricardo Lewandowski to appear or face the risk of a crime of responsibility.
• The decision followed his absence from a scheduled hearing on October 21, which had been set after an earlier invitation and was canceled when he declined to attend.
• Deputies plan to question him on the PF escort of ex-INSS official Virgílio Antônio Ribeiro de Oliveira Filho, alleged leaks from investigations involving Jair Bolsonaro, reported intelligence on Hezbollah figures in South America, and the transfer of CACs oversight from the Army to the Federal Police.
• The committee, led by Paulo Bilynskyj (PL‑SP), approved 15 requests that also seek details on ministry directives, Federal Police autonomy, funding transfers to states, federal agreements, and social-media monitoring.
• The confrontation unfolds as Congress debates the Public Security PEC, which would give the Unified Public Security System constitutional status with permanent financing, sharpening partisan lines between opposition blocs and the government base.