Overview

• Left-wing parties, unions and social movements staged demonstrations in all 26 states and the Federal District, with large acts on Avenida Paulista in São Paulo and on Copacabana Beach in Rio.
• Poder360 estimated about 43,400 people attended the São Paulo protest based on aerial images captured mid-afternoon.
• Artists anchored the mobilization, with Caetano Veloso, Chico Buarque and Gilberto Gil in Rio, Daniela Mercury and Wagner Moura in Salvador, and Chico César in Brasília.
• Approved by the Chamber, the PEC would restrict arrests of lawmakers to in-flagrante cases of non-bailable crimes, require congressional authorization for prosecutions within set deadlines, and broaden forum privilege to party leaders.
• In the Senate, relator Alessandro Vieira says his report will recommend rejecting the PEC, while the Chamber has fast-tracked an amnesty bill whose relator, Paulinho da Força, signals reduced sentences instead of a blanket pardon.