Derrite Named Relator of Anti‑Faction Bill and Presents Hardline Substitute

Overview

• Chamber president Hugo Motta designated Guilherme Derrite to report the government’s PL 5,582/2025, framing it as a new legal framework to combat organized crime.
• Derrite’s substitute raises sentences to 20–40 years for listed crimes, mandates maximum‑security incarceration for leaders, tightens sentence progression to 70%–85%, and bars amnesty, grace, pardon and parole.
• The relator links certain practices of criminal factions to terrorism‑law penalties and lifts the terrorism maximum to 40 years, stopping short of labeling factions as terrorist organizations.
• The government’s original text created the crime of “qualified criminal organization,” expanded investigative tools and a national factions database, and avoided full terrorist classification due to international and legal concerns.
• PT leaders Lindbergh Farias and minister Gleisi Hoffmann criticized the choice as politicized, opposition figures praised it, and Motta pressed for accelerated consideration, with remote voting authorized and calls from a federal prosecutor to avoid a rushed vote.