Parliament does its part against violence

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There is a real, silent and forgotten victim: the more than 28 million Brazilians who live under the territorial control of factions (according to Datafolha). They are daily hostages of systematic violence. Nearly a third of Rio’s communities cannot work regularly. Traders are extorted, citizens cannot move freely, children find themselves without school, workers without means of transport. Permanent violence. Until the authorities say enough is enough.

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What began as prison groups have evolved into transnational criminal enterprises. The Red Command expanded to 24 states. The CCP dominates border routes with international connections. This is not a local problem; there is a criminal network that requires a coordinated and national response.

There are other victims: security agents and their families, who live under threat. Dozens of police officers were murdered in retaliation. Delegates, prosecutors and judges must operate under escort. Meanwhile, the federal government maintains a contradictory position, sometimes criticizing the necessary operations, sometimes making it difficult for Parliament to act to improve a project that the government itself has submitted.

Faced with the emergency, the Chamber assumed the leading role conferred upon it by the Constitution. And he approved, by 370 votes to 110, the legal framework to fight organized crime, the toughest response to factions in the history of Parliament.

The text provides for sentences of 20 to 40 years for “structured social domination”, reaching 66 years in certain cases. It authorizes police infiltration, intervention in criminal enterprises, immediate asset confiscation, surveillance of suspicious communications and determines that leaders serve their sentences in maximum security federal prisons.

The vote revealed a contradiction: the government ordered its base to vote against the very project it had presented with constitutional urgency. He preferred political conflict to national unity, showing himself more concerned with protagonism than with the agenda. It is regrettable that the government is choosing a path opposed to union.

The legal framework is not an isolated initiative, it is part of a long-term vision. In 2025, we have already approved more than 40 security projects: increased sanctions, classification of human shields, criminalization of obstruction of security forces, protection of threatened authorities and several others. We must expand federal prisons, block signals in penitentiaries, integrate databases, strengthen international cooperation, protect witnesses and promote security professionals. We will once again provide a strong response with the Security PEC, the special committee of which I am proud to chair.

There are no easy solutions, but Brazil has trained professionals and popular support. Genial/Quaest research shows that 67% of Brazilians support energy operations. The people are with us.

Under the leadership of President Hugo Motta, we are providing the response that the population expects. Our responsibility is to the 28.5 million hostages, to the families who lost loved ones and to the workers who want to live in peace.

This is the fight of all good Brazilians, regardless of their party. May the government overcome its resistance and join Congress in this national effort. We still have time to save Brazil from the hands of organized crime. The time has come. Congress has assumed its role. And we will not back down.