Government Seeks Last-Minute Changes to Antifaction Bill as Chamber Plans Tuesday Vote

Overview

• Gleisi Hoffmann said there is no deal on the current Derrite report and arranged a review of a fifth version with Hugo Motta and the rapporteur before it is filed.
• Motta told the government he intends to schedule the bill for a plenary vote on Tuesday and agreed to hear feedback on the new text beforehand.
• The government’s main objections target the new criminal definition for criminal factions, the extraordinary forfeiture mechanism, and changes to seized-asset rules tied to Federal Police funding.
• Derrite’s draft introduces the label “ultraviolent criminal organization” to distinguish offenses, a move the Justice Ministry says still overlaps with existing law.
• PT leaders prepared to fight a likely opposition attempt to equate factions with terrorism, while Lindbergh Farias urged replacing the rapporteur and postponing the vote.