The set of proposals covers practically all angles of the problem
Exclusive survey of Young Pan together with the Legislative Intelligence System of the Chamber of Deputies shows that 314 proposals on criminal factions are being processed in the House. The number reveals a repressed agenda that ranges from projects from 2006 to proposals presented this year and which, despite the volume, has not yet resolved the thorniest point of the debate: classifying factions as terrorist organizations. That was up to the United States to do yesterday.
The set of proposals covers practically all angles of the problem. There are projects to prohibit the separation of prisoners by faction within prisons, a practice that according to experts strengthens the hierarchy of organizations. There are proposals to criminalize the expulsion of residents from their homes by drug traffickers and militiamen, punish the illegal charging of crime fees to traders and criminalize the use of armed drones by criminal organizations. Some deputies want to make any politician with proven ties to factions ineligible. Others propose suspending social benefits for members of organized crime.
The most politically charged bloc is the one that proposes classifying the factions as terroriststhe subject of at least a dozen projects. Brazilian legislation requires ideological or political motivation for this framework, a criterion that has historically excluded the PCC and the CV, whose driving force is the profit from trafficking. Part of the conservative bench wants to change this. So far, without success.
The most recent concrete advance was the Anti-Faction Law, which defines a faction as a group of three or more people that uses violence to control territories and withdraws benefits such as amnesty and parole for leaders. Real progress, but the law stopped before the word “terrorism”.
effective from June 5th. The decision came two days after a meeting between Flávio Bolsonaro and Trump at the White House, a meeting that was not on the American president’s official agenda. In May last year, Washington had already asked Brazil to adopt the same framework. The Lula government refused.
*This text does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Jovem Pan.
