The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), stated this Friday, in an interview with GloboNews, that he intends to end the year with the vote on the Public Security PEC and give priority to the government’s project against criminal factions.
According to Motta, the PEC report will be analyzed by the special commission on December 4th and then taken to the plenary.
— Yesterday I summoned the rapporteur and the president of the commission to demand agility. We will discuss it immediately after the vote in the committee — he said.
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The Ministry of Justice, led by Ricardo Lewandowski, is preparing its own text on the topic — the so-called anti-faction project. The proposal should toughen penalties against criminal organizations. The Civil House analyzes the proposal, which could be sent this Friday to Congress.
Motta stated that he spoke with Lewandowski and assured that the Chamber will consider the government’s proposal with priority.
— We are waiting for this PL to be sent. I spoke to Minister Lewandowski yesterday. We will not back down. We have to be firm in this confrontation, and this requires courage and political detachment.
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The president of the Chamber also commented on the project that must be reported by Guilherme Derrite (PL-SP), which equates criminal factions with terrorist organizations — a flag of the opposition and a point of friction with the Lula government. Planalto argues that anti-terrorism legislation was created for crimes with political, ideological or religious motivation, and that expanding the concept could criminalize social demonstrations or category demands, which would open legal loopholes.
— When it comes to equating factions with terrorism, it is necessary to discuss sovereignty. But it is impossible to think that we will confront organized crime without becoming radicalized — said Motta, adding that the Chamber must act “without ideological bias” and with a willingness to “leave the platform aside to guarantee tougher laws.”
Motta also defended changes to the electoral system as a way to contain the expansion of organized crime in politics.
Motta cited mixed district voting and list voting as alternatives, models that, according to him, could “preserve the policy of criminal financing.”
— Organized crime has infiltrated several layers of Brazilian society, and it is natural that, in politics, these organizations try to camouflage their interests. How do we shield this? Confronting these organizations and maintaining dialogue with the Judiciary and the Executive. I think it is fully possible to change by 2030. If we don’t do this, we will have parliamentarians financed by organized crime. If this is not done, tomorrow we will have the President of the Chamber financed by crime – he stated.
