Overview

• The unanimous defeat in the Constitution and Justice Committee effectively blocks the amendment’s progress, with Otto Alencar signaling a plenary step to ratify its archiving in coordination with Davi Alcolumbre.
• The measure approved by the Chamber would have required prior authorization by Congress for criminal cases against lawmakers, restored secret votes on flagrante prison decisions, limited cautelar orders to the STF, and expanded privileged forum to party presidents.
• Relator Alessandro Vieira urged total rejection, calling the proposal unconstitutional and a return to near‑total immunity abolished in 2001 for fostering impunity and undermining separation of powers.
• Sergio Moro and Jorge Seif withdrew their amendments and backed full rejection, and senators from multiple parties lined up against the text after large nationwide demonstrations and broad polling opposition.
• In a related judicial development, STF minister Alexandre de Moraes demanded a detailed report on vehicle inspections at Jair Bolsonaro’s home following his conviction, underscoring parallel legal scrutiny that loomed over the debate.