Motta Delays Vote on Antifacção Bill to November 18 After Fourth Draft

Overview

• Relator Guilherme Derrite filed a fourth report that drops the terrorism equivalence, defines what constitutes a criminal faction, and redirects seized assets to the Federal Police fund when cases are federally investigated, with equal splits in joint operations.
• Hugo Motta canceled a leaders’ meeting and set a single-issue session for Tuesday, November 18, after requests from state executives for broader consultation with the Judiciary and the Senate.
• The Justice Ministry said the latest draft risks a “legal chaos,” weakens Federal Police financing, removes early asset forfeiture tools, and creates overlap with the existing Organized Crime law.
• The new version adds tougher measures, including higher penalties for the use of drones or other high technology, increased punishment for attacks on judges and prosecutors, and hediondo classification for specified crimes under the “structured social domain” framework.
• In a related development shaping the debate, STF minister Alexandre de Moraes extended the deadline for Rio’s government to deliver camera footage and other data from October’s lethal police operations in the Alemão and Penha complexes.