Senate approves Security PEC in two rounds and leaves criminal majority for separate analysis
The Executive's text passed 73 to 0 and 75 to 0, and the reduction of the age of criminal responsibility was removed from the proposal to be discussed separately.
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The Senate approved the Public Security PEC on Tuesday (3) in two rounds, according to Money Times. In the initial stage, the house registered 73 supports and no votes in opposition. Subsequently, the result was 75 to 0. To pass, the text, sent by the Executive, depended on at least 49 supports in the plenary.
According to Money Times, the text toughens punishments and makes serving sentences more rigorous for faction and militia leaders. Furthermore, it outlines a new cooperation arrangement between the Union, states and municipalities in combating crime.
The PEC had already been approved by the Chamber and the Senate's CCJ, and the plenary vote was scheduled for October, but was removed from the agenda. According to InfoMoney, the date was set by Davi Alcolumbre (União-AP): the session was scheduled for Tuesday (3), and parliamentarians agreed to shorten the regulatory period between one vote and the next.
The point of greatest dispute was the age of criminal responsibility. A request removed the topic from the PEC by 38 to 36, and the discussion will continue under separate analysis, according to InfoMoney. The opposition, led by Rogério Marinho (PL-RN), defended 16 years in general and 14 years in heinous crimes. The Lula government adopted the PEC and blocked the inclusion of the age of criminal responsibility in the text. Before that, there was a request from Camilo Santana (PT-CE) that set 18 years for most cases and 16 years for more serious crimes, with a suggestion from Eduardo Braga (MDB-AM); the vote was scheduled for Wednesday (4).
The impasse had direct consequences for the rite. If the age of criminal responsibility had been included, the PEC would return to the Chamber and enactment would be postponed. With the removal of the topic, the text goes to promulgation, with no date yet defined. According to InfoMoney, the government promises, in a possible fourth Lula administration, to set up its own portfolio for public security, and this proposal is linked to the same impasse.
What changes for the investor
Approval reduces uncertainty in the legislative agenda, but the facts determined do not include costs, implementation schedule or fiscal impact of the PEC, and therefore it is not possible to measure its effect on public accounts. For those who follow Nasdaq, interest rates and the dollar, the points of attention are the date of enactment and the outcome of the age of criminal responsibility, which will again be discussed separately. The pact with states and municipalities also depends on execution, and the text, from what has been determined, does not detail this stage. For those who defend fiscal responsibility and regulatory predictability, it is worth observing whether the government will present the sources of financing for the new measures.
Automatically translated from Portuguese.
