Overview
- Opposition deputies say they have 122 votes against the decree and are working to reach roughly 125 to bring the rejection to the floor.
- Securing the 129-member quorum to open a session remains the key tactical hurdle even as headcounts suggest the text could fail in the Chamber of Deputies.
- Twenty-three civil organizations urged Congress to reject the measure as unconstitutional, warning of mass data transfers, expanded surveillance, and military roles in internal intelligence.
- Critics say the decree empowers intelligence agents to carry out aprehensions without clear judicial guarantees, raising concerns about arbitrary detention and intimidation.
- By law, once the chief of cabinet sends the decree to Congress, a bicameral committee has ten business days to issue an opinion, and rejection requires an absolute majority in either chamber while the decree remains in force unless both chambers vote it down.