Chamber Postpones Brazil’s Antifaction Bill as Derrite Submits Fourth Draft

Overview

• Chamber president Hugo Motta accepted party leaders’ request to delay the vote, with a new plenary session signaled for Tuesday, Nov. 18.
• Rapporteur Guilherme Derrite issued a fourth version that defines factions as "ultraviolent criminal organizations," keeps an autonomous law, stiffens sentences, treats drone use as an aggravating factor, and channels seized assets to Funapol when probes are led by the Federal Police.
• The Planalto and the Justice Ministry still call the draft improvised, citing legal overlap, an unclear new offense, and disagreement over directing confiscated assets to Funapol rather than the anti-drug fund.
• Right-leaning governors asked for more time and for consultations with the STF and the Senate, while an unusual alignment between PL and PT deputies also pressed for a postponement.
• Separately, STF minister Alexandre de Moraes extended to Nov. 17 the deadline for Rio to deliver records from October’s operations, and Ceará prosecutors reported the first conviction tied to a Rio Grande do Sul call‑center fraud ring.