Overview

• CCJ president Otto Alencar named Alessandro Vieira, a staunch opponent of the measure, to draft the report and said the goal is to defeat it in the Senate.
• Vieira stated his opinion will be for rejection and promised a technical analysis outlining what he calls the proposal’s harms.
• Government leader Jaques Wagner aligned with Alencar in signaling the Senate will not fast-track the text.
• The MDB closed ranks against the amendment, with leader Eduardo Braga saying the party will vote to block it in committee and on the floor.
• The PEC approved by the Chamber in two rounds (353–134 and 344–133) would require House or Senate authorization for criminal cases against lawmakers, decide arrests and cases by secret vote, extend special forum to party presidents, and has drawn warnings from Federal Police delegates about risks of impunity.