Overview

• Demonstrations organized by social movements and allied parties took place on Sunday across all 27 state capitals and dozens of cities, with concerts headlined by artists such as Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque and Gilberto Gil in Rio’s Copacabana and performances in São Paulo, Brasília and Salvador.
• Senator Alessandro Vieira, appointed as rapporteur in the Senate’s Constitution and Justice Commission, said he will file a report on Wednesday recommending rejection of the amendment, echoing criticism from CCJ president Otto Alencar and the MDB leadership.
• The amendment approved by the Chamber would require prior authorization from the respective house of Congress to open criminal cases against lawmakers, set a 90‑day window for such decisions, and oblige each house to decide within 24 hours whether to maintain an in‑flagrante detention for crimes deemed non-bailable by the Constitution.
• The proposal advanced through the Chamber in two rounds with large majorities—353 to 134 in the first and 344 to 133 in the second—before being sent to the Senate for review.
• In a parallel front, the Chamber approved urgency for a bill concerning 8 January defendants, and the designated rapporteur Paulinho da Força has indicated he intends to propose a penalty‑reduction framework rather than a broad amnesty.