Chamber Delays Antifacção Bill as Government, Federal Police Reject Derrite’s Rewrites

Overview

• House leaders postponed the floor vote to Wednesday after talks led by Speaker Hugo Motta, who met with Justice Minister Ricardo Lewandowski to seek a new accommodation.
• Relator Guilherme Derrite revised his substitute to let the Federal Police act on its own initiative with notice to state authorities, but the government and the PF said the change still curtails autonomy.
• Lewandowski told Motta the clause requiring prior communication or state prompting for PF operations is unconstitutional and that folding faction crimes into the Anti‑Terrorism law is legally inconsistent.
• PF director‑general Andrei Rodrigues called restrictions on the force’s role unacceptable and warned they could hinder major investigations, citing cases already underway.
• The clash is heightened by Derrite’s role as São Paulo’s licensed security chief aligned with Governor Tarcísio de Freitas, with opposition governors backing tougher terrorism‑equivalent penalties and the government warning of sovereignty and international‑reputation risks.