President of the Chamber said that the proposal has no relation to the Antifaction PL and, therefore, will not be included
The President of the Chamber of Deputies, (Republicanos-PB), announced during the plenary this Tuesday (18.Nov.2025) that the Board will not allow voting on highlights that intend to include criminal factions, such as PCC and Comando Vermelho, in the Anti-Terrorism Law. The speech came before the analysis of the amendments to the Antifaction Bill, which deals with the fight against criminal organizations.
Motta stated that the highlighting feature, provided for in article 161 of the Internal Regulations, allows parts of a proposal to be voted separately, but is subject to the restrictions of article 162, which prohibits substantial modifications to the object of propositions.
“Thus, the fight against terrorism, regulated by specific legislation and equipped with a specific legal regime, does not fall within the material scope of the proposition and does not arise from its normative purpose”he stated.
The government leader in the Chamber, (PT-CE) thanked Motta for the “commitment” em “not to allow this type of debate to thrive, which is a strange matter to the one we are voting on”.
PF and government against amendment
The general director of the PF (Federal Police), Andrei Rodrigues, said this Tuesday (18.Nov.2025) at the Senate’s Organized Crime CPI that it is a “technical error” equating factions with terrorism. The measure is defended by government opponents and was included in one of the versions of the Antifaction PL, reported by deputy Guilherme Derrite (PP-SP).
“It is a technical error, even, to talk about equating different institutes, different issues, which are terrorism with a different aim, purpose, means than organized crime, which are completely different scenarios”said Rodrigues.
The equality is defended by opponents of the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) government. The issue gained prominence after the mega-operation in Rio that left 121 people dead on October 28th. On the occasion, the state governor, Cláudio Castro (PL), said that the Red Command is “narcoterrorist”. Potential candidate for Palácio do Planalto in 2026, the governor of São Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans), also defends the equality.
The Lula government claims that factions are not terrorists because they have no political cause. It also warns of a possible loophole for other countries to intervene in Brazil under the justification of fighting terrorism.
This report was written by journalism intern Isabella Luciano, under the supervision of editor XX
