Rio de Janeiro Governor Claudio Castro (PL) announced this Wednesday (12/11) that he and a group of right-wing governors have asked Congress President Hugo Motta (R-PB) to postpone for 30 days the vote on Bill 5582/2025, known as the anti-PL bill.
Bolsonaro said he was concerned that a hasty vote could “lead to a deadlock in the Senate or be deemed unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.” Mr. Motta reportedly agreed to the request and said he would consult the rapporteur of the proposal, Mr. Guilherme Delight (PP-SP).
The group is expected to vote on the proposal at the Dec. 10 plenary session.
“There was a request not to vote on these projects so quickly. We do not want the issue to remain approved in the Senate or be considered unconstitutional. We will not discuss the articles. We will discuss the problems we have. President Hugo was moved by our request and told the rapporteur to ask for a 30-day deadline,” the Rio governor declared.
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Delight submitted a third version of the project on Tuesday night, removing sections that equated the actions of criminal factions with terrorists and limited the powers of federal police. Both changes will be included in the anti-terrorism law.
São Paulo’s public security secretary returned to the chamber just to report on the issue, but withdrew after pressure from Lula’s government and experts.
Experts say ties between criminal factions and terrorist groups could limit foreign investment in cities with armed groups, such as Rio de Janeiro, and leave Brazil open to intervention by other countries.
Mr. Castro also said that it “makes no sense” for the governors to present “ideas” for the project to Mr. Motta and to launch it without consulting the United States. Mr Motta has been trying to bring the proposal to a vote since the beginning of the week, but Mr Delight’s proposal remains unsatisfied by both the government and its allies.
In the new version, Delight creates new crime types, but also maintains some of the Enforcement Department’s suggestions. One of the changes concerns the confiscation of criminal assets, which the government says could lead to the misappropriation of resources allocated to the PF.
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