The leader of the Workers’ Party in the House of Representatives, Lindbergh Farias (PT-RJ), criticized this Monday (11/10) the new opinion presented by the rapporteur of the anti-factionalism bill (PL), MP Guilherme Dayret (PP-SP). According to the Labor Party member, the changes made by the rapporteur “do not change anything” and maintain what he considers an attempt to weaken the federal police.
“The changes change nothing: he continues to attack the federal police, trying to turn an instrument of the state into a hostage of political interests,” Lindbergh said in a post on X (formerly Twitter). For him, the text “was created to domesticate the National Front,” which he described as “non-negotiable.”
The Labor MP also criticized another section of the report, which equates criminal factions, militias and paramilitary groups, drug trafficking and terrorism. According to him, this expansion serves to “protect organized crime” and protect political interests.
He announced, “Behind this stands the political arm of the crime, concerned with protecting customers, contracts, and amendments that Operation Hidden Carbon has begun to uncover.” He added, “The killing of unknown people has become a smokescreen to hide the alliance between power and crime. Brazil will not accept this coup with impunity!”
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Change in the anti-factional project
Derrett issued the new opinion on Monday evening (11/10), after criticism from members of the government, the company and parliamentarians. In the previous version, police force actions against criminal factions depended on authorization from governors.
After a meeting between Dirit, the president of the chamber, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), and the director general of the National Front, André Rodriguez, the rapporteur amended the most controversial section.
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Now, the text preserves the independence of the Federal Police, but stipulates that the institution must report its operations in advance to the competent state authorities.
The new wording stipulates that police forces may act “on their own initiative, in contact with the competent state authorities” or “upon a reasoned request from the chief of state police or the competent state prosecutor’s office.”
The vote on PL Antifaction is scheduled for Tuesday (11/11). The text still lacks consensus and is likely to generate clashes between government and opposition supporters in the plenary session.
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