Overview

• Demonstrations backed by left parties, unions and social movements took place on September 21 in all 27 state capitals and at least 33 cities against the PEC da Blindagem and a proposed amnesty.
• São Paulo’s protest on Avenida Paulista drew about 42,000 to 43,400 people, according to estimates from USP’s monitoring group and Poder360’s aerial calculation.
• Artists powered high-profile “showmício” events, with Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque, Gilberto Gil, Djavan and Paulinho da Viola leading the Copacabana rally as crowds chanted “sem anistia.”
• The PEC restricting arrests and prosecutions of lawmakers passed the Chamber on September 16 and is now in the Senate CCJ, where Alessandro Vieira is the rapporteur and says he will advise rejection.
• The Chamber granted urgency to the amnesty bill on September 17, and its rapporteur Paulinho da Força signals a proposal to reduce penalties rather than a full pardon as the text awaits plenary votes.