Chamber Sets Tuesday Vote on Disputed Antifaction Bill as Government Flags Flaws

Overview

• House Speaker Hugo Motta said the Antifaction bill will be the sole item on Tuesday’s agenda and asserted it will go to a vote despite unresolved disputes.
• After four public drafts by relator Guilherme Derrite, the latest version redirects assets seized in federal probes to FUNAPOL, while government lawyers argue the funds should flow to FUNAD and warn of PF decapitalization risks.
• The text introduces the crime of “organização criminosa ultraviolenta” with penalties of 20 to 40 years; the government says the new label creates legal confusion, and the terrorism equivalence proposed earlier was dropped.
• Critics, including Minister Renan Filho, say Derrite’s initial draft sought to subordinate federal investigations to state authorization, and the flurry of rewrites leaves deputies uncertain about what will be voted.
• Political tension rose after reports of a dinner involving Derrite, Arthur Lira and Eduardo Cunha drew public rebukes, while some governors asked for more time before a vote following the Rio operation that spurred the bill.