Derrite says he will toughen the anti-gang bill, but doesn't mention including "terrorism".

247 - Chosen by the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), as rapporteur of Bill 5582/25, known as the Anti-Faction Bill., federal deputy on leave from the government of São Paulo, Guilherme Derrite, listed this Friday (7) some measures that he intends to incorporate into the proposal, forwarded by the Lula government to the National Congress.

The rapporteur stated that he will toughen punishments for criminals, and avoided using the term "terrorism," a term employed by far-right Brazilian politicians to defend a harsher bill. Meanwhile, progressive leaders have been working to prevent the political opposition to Lula's government from attempting to exploit the proposal for political gain and attack his administration. 

"I will present a substitute bill, accepting points sent by the Federal Government to Congress, but introducing extremely important changes to create the new Legal Framework for Combating Organized Crime in Brazil," Derrite wrote on the social network X.

According to the rapporteur, one of the measures is the "provision of a sentence of 20 to 40 years (which may be increased by half to 2-3 if it is leadership) for conduct committed by members of criminal organizations, such as city control, new banditry, attacks on armored cars, installation of barricades, attacks on prisons, among others."

In the post, Derrite cited three more proposals. One is the "mandatory imprisonment in maximum security prisons for leaders of criminal organizations." "For these crimes, a ban on granting amnesty, pardon, clemency, parole, and cutting off prison assistance for the criminal's dependents," he added.

Finally, the rapporteur also mentioned the "increase in the progression of the prison regime from the 40% currently foreseen to 70% up to 85% (if the inmate is a repeat offender resulting in death)."

The bill against organized crime is being reviewed following the deadliest police action in the history of the state of Rio de Janeiro, where, on the 28th of last month, at least 121 people died in the Alemão and Penha complexes, in the northern part of the capital.