House President Hugo Motta Cuts Off PL and PT Leaders, Clouding Chamber Agenda

The break follows his veto of PL amendments to the Antifacção bill that would have labeled criminal factions as terrorist groups.

Overview

Messages reported by the press show Motta told PL leader Sóstenes Cavalcante not to count on him for anything, and he has not replied to the deputy since.
Lindbergh Farias said politics is not a friends’ club after Motta declared he no longer wished to maintain any relationship with the PT leader.
The clash traces to Motta’s rejection of highlights 19 and 29 to the Antifacção project, which sought to adjust the antiterror law to equate criminal factions with terrorists.
Sóstenes downplayed the episode as normal work problems and described it as a disagreement rather than a rupture.
A leaders’ meeting and a voting session had not been convened on Tuesday, leaving the timetable uncertain for votes, including discussion sought by PL on the January 8 amnesty bill.