Overview
- House Speaker Hugo Motta said he will announce by Friday how the measures will proceed and will take both to a plenary vote next week.
- The Justice Ministry's antifacção bill creates the crime of a qualified criminal organization, sets penalties of up to 30 years, and classifies it as a heinous offense without bail, amnesty or pardon.
- Deputy Danilo Forte's proposal expands the Anti-Terrorism Law to include criminal factions and private militias.
- The government opposes joint processing of the texts, warning that equating gangs to terrorism could invite claims of foreign intervention.
- São Paulo security secretary Guilherme Derrite will temporarily return to the Chamber to serve as rapporteur for Forte's bill, as pressure grew after a major Rio operation with 113 arrests and 121 deaths.