Chamber Delays Vote on Antifaction Bill to Tuesday as Derrite Unveils Fourth Draft

Overview

• House Speaker Hugo Motta canceled further leader meetings and set a single‑item session for Tuesday, Nov. 18, after party leaders asked to postpone the vote.
• The fourth draft from rapporteur Guilherme Derrite defines criminal factions but does not create a new standalone crime, adds harsher penalties for drone use, and channels assets to the PF’s Funapol when cases are federally investigated.
• The Justice Ministry maintains that the text risks a “legal chaos,” overlaps existing organized‑crime law, removes early asset forfeiture, and could drain PF resources, with officials arguing seized funds should flow via Funad.
• Right‑leaning governors pressed for more time, public hearings, and prior coordination with the Senate and the Supreme Court; they floated broader changes such as curbing custody hearings for repeat offenders and lowering the age of criminal responsibility, which are not in the draft.
• Separately, STF Justice Alexandre de Moraes extended to Nov. 17 Rio state’s deadline to submit materials on October’s lethal police operations, as prosecutors in Ceará reported 18 indictments and one conviction in an RS‑based payroll‑loan fraud ring.