Chamber of Deputies Sets Today’s Vote on Antifacção Bill as Relator Prepares Fifth Version

Overview

• President of the Chamber Hugo Motta kept the Antifacção bill as the sole item on Tuesday’s agenda despite the government saying there is no agreement on the current text.
• Relator Guilherme Derrite has circulated four reports in under a week and is drafting a fifth, with a morning meeting set with Motta, Minister Ricardo Lewandowski and Minister Gleisi Hoffmann.
• Key disputes include the legal typification for criminal factions, extraordinary asset forfeiture rules, and how seized assets would fund the Federal Police, while the proposal also hardens penalties, creates databases and expands monitoring and task forces.
• Opposition leaders plan to push a floor amendment to equate criminal factions with terrorists, a move Motta has resisted and that government officials and experts warn could carry economic and legal risks.
• Separately, Rio authorities told the STF they sent requested materials digitally on the Oct. 28 operation with 121 deaths, as an internal CORE report delivered to Justice Alexandre de Moraes said roughly half of the planned body cameras malfunctioned and only a quarter of officers had full recordings.