PL Antifacção Set for Nov. 18 Vote as Latest Draft Preserves Federal Police Funding

Overview

• Chamber president Hugo Motta scheduled plenary analysis of the PL Antifacção for Tuesday, November 18.
• Relator Guilherme Derrite has circulated four versions in rapid succession and incorporated a Planalto request to finance Federal Police activities.
• An earlier draft would have sent seized assets only to state and district security funds, and the Justice Ministry warned that the change risked weakening the Federal Police.
• Senator Alessandro Vieira said the Senate is inclined to approve the project with minor adjustments if the current approach is maintained.
• A private dinner involving Derrite, Arthur Lira, and Eduardo Cunha drew public criticism from Senator Renan Calheiros as government allies also questioned specific definitions in the text.