Lula Urges Vote as Security PEC Goes to Committee Reading With Funding Shield and Tougher Penalties

Overview

• The Special Commission is slated to read relator Mendonça Filho’s report on Wednesday, Dec. 10, advancing PEC 18/2025 in the Chamber.
• The draft bars blocking or contingency of federal resources for public security, broadens financing, and constitutionalizes the FNSP and Funpen.
• The text proposes ending sentence progression for members of factions or militias and for violent offenders, requiring full time served in a closed regime.
• The relator seeks to allow states and the Federal District to legislate on security matters and rejects the government’s integration model as centralizing, a characterization the Planalto disputes.
• President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva publicly pressed Congress to approve the PEC, while Justice Minister Ricardo Lewandowski cited scarce budget resources as a key obstacle to combating crime.