Representatives who vote against Constitutional Amendment Proposal 37 will not have the support of mayors.
Annoyed by what they consider abuses by the Public Prosecutor's Office, mayors across the country plan not to support deputies opposed to PEC 37 in 2014; the PEC limits the investigative power of the Public Prosecutor's Office and is scheduled for a vote on the 26th, as reported last week by the president of the Chamber, Henrique Alves (PMDB-RN).
247 - Unhappy with what they consider abuses by the Public Prosecutor's Office, mayors across the country are organizing to monitor the actions of deputies in the vote on Constitutional Amendment Proposal (PEC) 37/11, which limits the investigative power of the Public Prosecutor's Office. The vote will take place on the 26th, as announced by the president of the Chamber, Henrique Eduardo Alves (PMDB-RN), last week (remember).
Mayors, bothered by the actions of the Public Prosecutor's Office, which they believe is politically biased, plan not to support deputies opposed to the proposed constitutional amendment in 2014, which could influence the final outcome of the vote. Last week, the Speaker of the House met with representatives of civil and federal police officers and the Public Prosecutor's Office to organize discussions. According to Henrique Alves, if the two groups do not reach an agreement by the end of the month, the text that came out of the special committee appointed to address the issue will be voted on.
The final draft is being negotiated by Congressman Fabio Trad (PMDB-MS), who reported on the PEC in the special committee and is part of the working group created to improve the proposal. Police officers and prosecutors have until the 19th to produce a consensus text between the two groups. "In this matter, there can be no winners or losers. We want a text that won't end up in a legal dispute," said Alves.
Dead end
While police officers believe that investigations are the exclusive domain of the police, prosecutors say that the Constitution does not prevent the complementary work that prosecutors have been doing. "No one wants to prevent collaboration between the police and the Public Prosecutor's Office, but we need clarity regarding the limits of each," argues the vice-president of the Association of Police Delegates of Brazil (Adepol), Benito Tiezzi.
The rapporteur said that one possibility is that the Public Prosecutor's Office can investigate whenever it believes there is police inaction, or a risk that evidence may be compromised. "The Public Prosecutor's Office doesn't want to investigate everything, but it wants to act in the interest of society," said Trad.