The definition of the federal deputy, a decision that contradicted the Lula (PT) government, was approved by members of the (Supreme Federal Court).
The president of , (-PB), informed the ministers and about the choice of parliamentarian last week.
The Supreme Court’s assessment was that Derrite has access to the court, with easy access to ministers. Thus, any adjustments to the text could be discussed side by side.
The choice of Derrite, who is Secretary of Public Security under the Tarcísio de Freitas administration (Republicanos-SP), was also interpreted in the court as a symbol of the Executive’s disarticulation around the issue.
With the parliamentarian, the ministers believe that the approval of the text can be facilitated in the Chamber.
Motta went to the Supreme Court on Monday (10) to talk to Moraes and Gilmar about the text created by Derrite. According to reports made to Sheetthe president of the Chamber wanted to know if the ministers saw the text as unconstitutional and if the project could be resisted in court.
One of the biggest points of controversy in Derrite’s project is the prediction that it could only investigate criminal organizations upon request from the state governor.
This restriction is seen by a Supreme Court minister as unconstitutional. It also defies the determination of the plenary session at ADPF das Favelas for the corporation to maintain a permanent investigation to investigate signs of crimes with interstate and international repercussions by criminal organizations in Rio.
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Motta had been making gestures to the President of the Republic. He participated in government events, helped with the approval of projects of interest to the Executive and worked in negotiations with central parties, such as PP and União Brasil, with the PT member.
Despite this, members of the government and deputies from Lula’s base say that Motta gives dubious signals and speak of distrust in his management. They recognize that the deputy needs to nod to the opposition so as not to lose control of the plenary, but they believe that, at crucial moments this year, he .
This is what happened, in the view of government officials, with the choice of the rapporteur of the anti-faction project. Derrite is the Secretary of Public Security for the governor (Republicans), Lula’s potential opponent in 2026, and took leave from his position in São Paulo just to lead discussions on the proposal. For members of Palácio do Planalto and government deputies, the decision was wrong.
On the STF’s part, at least Gilmar Mendes and Alexandre de Moraes have an open dialogue with the parliamentarian.
Another assessment, behind the scenes of the court, is that Derrite is someone who understands the issue of public security. This would be a favorable point both for the technical aspect and for the government’s difficulties in articulating the issue — there would be a lack of anyone to centralize conversations on the matter.
In Buenos Aires, for example, Gilmar commented to journalists that there was a politicization of the debate. He criticized the discussions in Congress focusing on equating criminal factions with terrorist groups.
“We need to deal with crime within normal institutional standards,” said the minister. “It seems to me that there is a lot of bravado around this issue and an excess of politicization, even taking into account the conflicts that are taking place in the country.”
The concern is the same in the Lula administration. The Minister (Institutional Relations) stated last Wednesday (5) that the federal government is strictly against this equivalence.
“Terrorism has a political and ideological objective, and under international law, it provides shelter for other countries to intervene in our country,” he said. The equivalence of crimes is under discussion in Derrite’s report.
For the dean of the court, however, it is necessary, more than worrying about the nomenclature, to look into the concrete bases that can provide ways to resolve the issue.
One of them would be in the decision of the Supreme Court plenary in the ADPF of Favelas, when the collegiate defined action criteria, gave determinations to reduce police lethality and reinforced the action of different bodies in a complementary way, such as the Federal Police to investigate signs of crimes with interstate and international repercussions.
According to the legislation and what was defined in the plenary decision, these crimes require uniform repression.
It was this point that resulted, for example, in the opening of an inquiry to investigate organized crime in Rio de Janeiro.
Another point that motivated the determined measure is to investigate the activities of the main violent criminal groups active in Rio de Janeiro and their connections with public agents. The Federal Police would have the competence and capacity to carry out this type of investigation using intelligence tools.
Not by chance, Hugo Motta announced on Monday night that, after dialogue with Derrite and the general director of the PF, Andrei Rodrigues, he decided to guarantee that the Federal Police “will maintain its responsibilities in investigations against organized crime”.
