Overview

• The Senate Constitution and Justice Committee began analyzing PEC 3/2021 as the relator presented a technical opinion for total rejection, warning it undermines the separation of powers.
• The text requires prior authorization by the respective House to prosecute lawmakers in secret votes, keeps secrecy for validating arrests in flagrante, and extends privileged forum to national party leaders.
• CCJ president Otto Alencar and other Senate leaders voiced opposition after large protests on September 21, shaping expectations that the committee will bury the measure.
• If the CCJ defeats the proposal, Senate rules allow a two‑day window for a nine‑senator appeal to send it to the plenary or the Senate president may schedule it; absent that, the PEC is archived.
• A group led by Sergio Moro proposed limiting authorization to cases involving crimes against honour with open voting, but the relator rejected all amendments in his report.