Overview
- Senate President Davi Alcolumbre put the PEC da Segurança Pública on the plenary agenda for Tuesday, Nov. 3, and the measure must reach three‑fifths support or 49 of 81 senators in two rounds to be approved.
- The PEC would enshrine a Sistema Único de Segurança Pública in the Constitution, expand federal roles for the Federal Police and Federal Highway Police, allow municipal police where feasible, and harden penalties and asset‑seizure rules for criminal organizations.
- The vote was delayed in mid‑October after competing amendments to lower the age of criminal responsibility created an impasse; Rogério Marinho proposed broad reductions while Camilo Santana offered a narrower cut to 16 for heinous crimes.
- President Lula has said he supports lowering the age to 16 for heinous crimes but insists that the maioridade penal debate be handled separately, and the Planalto is negotiating 'fatiamento' or separate proposals so the PEC can pass without changes.
- If senators approve substantive changes on the age issue the text would return to the Chamber of Deputies, which would delay the measure and the president's plan to recreate a Ministry of Security; the dispute also exposed divisions inside the PT and the governing base.