Text received 344 votes favorable and 133 against; President CCJ, Otto Alencar (PSD-BA), said that PEC will have no chance of being approved by the house: ‘
After approving in the first round, it approved it, on the night of this Tuesday (16), in the second round, the base text of the Proposal of Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) known as, which expands the judicial protection for deputies and senators. The vote was expressive, with more than 350 votes in the first round. In the second, 344 voted yes and 133 voted no. The proposal provides, among other points, that parliamentarians can block the arrest of colleagues determined by the court, through secret vote. Now the proposal goes to the Senate.
The chairman of the Senate Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ), Otto Alencar (PSD-BA), said that the armor PEC will have no chance of being approved by the house. “It is not at all,” said the parliamentarian, commenting on the progress of the proposal that was already voted in the House.
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The PEC states that deputies and senators may only be targeted by precautionary measures determined by the Federal Supreme Court (STF), excluding the action of lower instances. The text also provides that, before processing a parliamentarian, the Supreme Court must request authorization from the House or Senate. This authorization must be granted in a secret vote, by absolute majority, within a maximum of 90 days from the receipt of the request.
In the event of arrest in the act for unenforceable crime, the case must be sent within 24 hours to the respective Legislative House, which will also decide by the secret vote of the majority of the members, whether or not the arrest and the formation of the parliamentarian maintains.
Privileged forum
The proposal expands the scope of the privileged forum, including presidents of parties with representation in the National Congress. Thus, in common criminal offenses, these party leaders will be prosecuted and tried directly in the Supreme Court, just as with the President and the Vice-President of the Republic, the members of the Congress, the Ministers of the Supreme Court and the Attorney General.
