Proposal aims to expand the legal certainty of parliamentarians, establishing new criteria for police operations and arrests
The president of the House of Representatives is seeking the support of the president of the Senate, to approve what became known as the “PEC of Armagem”. The proposal aims to expand the legal certainty of parliamentarians, establishing new criteria for police operations and arrests. The matter states that operations against parliamentarians may only occur in cases of specific crimes and that any detention will need to be evaluated by the National Congress plenary, as well as requiring approval by the Supreme Court plenary (STF) for arrests, which, in practice, would prevent monocratic decisions.
According to sources, Alcolumbre would have already signaled that the theme needs more time to be discussed with the Senate leaders. However, the expectation of the opposition is that the proposal will be based on this week’s leaders’ meeting to advance to the House Plenary. Deputy Marcos Pereira (Republicans), one of the supporters of the measure, said that the proposal has the support of parliamentarians from various political spectra, including the left, who also see the need to “refine” current legislation.
Political commentator João Belucci analyzed the opposition strategy, highlighting the complexity of the scenario:
“The opposition, when it made that very media opposition there on the table, right, and everything else, they took these three themes: both amnesty, and the end of the privileged forum and impeachment of Minister Alexandre de Moraes. (…) They mentioned that the ideal would be to vote for a kind of armor to the parliamentarians themselves, which for them is the ideal and especially for the population and, especially, for the population and, especially, for the prisoners of 8 and January, it’s the worst scenario. ”
For analyst Thulio Nassa, PEC’s approval would be a victory for the legislature, albeit partial:
“Politics really is the art of the possible. […] Attacking on several fronts really weakens, because the center, which is the believer of the balance at this time, will evidently choose the one that will least have an impact on its relationship with the Federal Supreme Court. And the least impact, instead of the Amnesty PL, right, which would involve the total PL, for example, which would involve Jair Bolsonaro, of course is the arm of armor. […] The measure is good, but it is really the least worse for the Federal Supreme Court. ”
