Chamber Weighs Delay on Anti-Faction Bill as Motta Awaits New Derrite Report

Overview

• Opposition governors asked for at least 30 more days of debate and Rio’s Cláudio Castro said a 30-day postponement was agreed, but the Chamber has not formally confirmed the delay.
• Hugo Motta said he will decide on voting only after Guilherme Derrite files a fourth version of his report, leaving the timetable uncertain.
• Derrite removed plans to equate factions with terrorism and dropped changes touching PF competencies, but kept redirection of seized assets to state and district funds, replaced the penal label with “domínio social estruturante,” and tied confiscation to final conviction.
• Gleisi Hoffmann and Justice Ministry officials urged restoring the original goals: create the crime of “facção criminosa,” prevent legal overlap with the organized crime law, reintroduce early forfeiture during investigations, and protect federal security funds that sustain PF operations.
• The Federal Police issued a public note warning that the current substitute risks restricting its institutional role and weakening action against organized crime.