Lula accelerates analysis of the Anti-Faction Bill and plans to send it to Congress.
The bill toughens penalties against criminal factions and will be used by the government as a political response to criticism regarding public safety.
247 - Following the major police operation in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday (28), President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ordered the federal government to accelerate discussions on the Anti-Faction Bill, which toughens penalties against criminal organizations and defines the new category of "qualified criminal organization". information is from newspaper Valor Econômico.
According to the publication, Lula is expected to meet this Friday (31) with ministers and advisors to assess the text and decide whether it will be sent to the National Congress on the same day. The project was drafted by the Ministry of Justice and forwarded to the Civil House after the operation in Rio, where it is undergoing final review before the presidential decision.
Government seeks balance between agility and caution.
Although he requested swift action, Lula also instructed his team to act prudently. At the Planalto Palace, there is a consensus that public security is one of the most sensitive issues for the left and that any measure must be carefully calibrated. The president wants to know all the details of the project before releasing it for legislative processing. Even if the text is not sent this Friday, government sources say that this should happen “very soon”.
Harsher penalties and a new national database
The Anti-Faction Bill, formerly nicknamed "anti-mafia," expands the punishments for leaders of criminal factions and determines that the crime of qualified criminal organization will be considered heinous, with the sentence beginning in a closed regime.
The proposal also creates the National Bank of Criminal Organizations, a database that will gather information on members, structures, and operational patterns of factions throughout the country. The government intends to present the project as one of its main responses in the area of public security, a topic in which it faces strong pressure from the opposition.
Political strategy and reinforcement of the Security Amendment.
Meanwhile, the Planalto Palace intends to strengthen coordination around the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) on Security, which seeks to standardize and integrate the fight against crime between the federal government, states, and municipalities.
According to advisors, the opposition's criticisms focus on the narrative that the government is not providing the necessary support to the states. The strategy now is to turn the tables: Lula intends to use the submission of the Anti-Faction Bill and the defense of the Constitutional Amendment Proposal as proof that the Executive branch is acting firmly and with planning.
Even so, government officials acknowledge that the passage of the constitutional amendment will require intense persuasion efforts among congressional leaders, as some lawmakers tend to resist changes that affect state powers.
