Mendonça Filho to Unveil Tougher Security PEC as Governors Push Back and PL Freezes Ciro Talks

Overview

• Relator Mendonça Filho said he will present a revised Public Security PEC to party leaders on Dec. 3, signaling a bolder text with greater deference to state authority and ideas such as zero sentence progression for faction leaders.
• At a charged Chamber hearing, governors Tarcísio de Freitas and Ronaldo Caiado criticized the government’s draft as intrusive or weak and pressed for measures like tougher custody rules, a ban on regime progression for gang members, and preservation of state autonomy.
• National security secretary Mário Sarrubbo denounced the Chamber-altered Antifacção bill as having torn up the Justice Ministry’s proposal and praised operations such as Carbono Oculto for choking criminal finances without high-lethality policing.
• The PL leadership suspended negotiations to back Ciro Gomes in Ceará after a public clash involving Michelle Bolsonaro and Bolsonaro’s sons, with state chief André Fernandes pausing talks and tasked to seek another conservative-aligned path.
• Senate President Davi Alcolumbre canceled the CCJ hearing for Supreme Court nominee Jorge Messias due to a missing formal nomination message, as Lula began direct outreach to senators and weighs timing to secure confirmation.