The Chamber of Deputies and the Senate: lawmakers from every side, what they propose, vote on and do.
The Lula government's proposal writes the Unified Public Security System into the Constitution, shields security money from freezes and toughens sentences for gang and militia bosses. It goes straight to promulgation. Lowering the age of criminal responsibility was left out and will move separately.
The PT will back his re-election, because the rival is Rogério Marinho, of the PL, a party whose banner is the impeachment of Alexandre de Moraes. To pull votes from the right, Alcolumbre is discussing a pardon for Bolsonaro. The government did not sign on: Lula has already spoken publicly against pardoning Bolsonaro.
Promulgated on October 16, the amendment guarantees two days of rest a week with no pay cut and lowers the workweek from 44 to 42 hours in December and to 40 hours at the end of 2027. According to Dieese, that is 26.8 million workers. Author of one of the amendments, Erika Hilton (PSOL-SP) was reelected as the most-voted woman in the history of the Chamber.
A week after entering the United States with White House approval, the senator has become the target of the #DeportTheBolsonaros hashtag, of wanted posters in New York and of a letter from 25 Democratic House members to Secretary of State Marco Rubio. On Monday (November 2), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee asked Rubio to send him back "to face justice."
Israeli Menachem Halevy entered Brazil six days before the runoff and crossed the border at Foz do Iguaçu seven minutes ahead of the senator's van, Fantástico showed. On the other side, a US$150,000 jet was waiting to fly to Miami. The Federal Police is investigating an operation planned under the name Alba.
Of the 39 bills he has introduced as first-named author since 2023, none became law. The only law carrying his name is a text by Marcel van Hattem signed by 64 deputies, where Nikolas is 46th on the list. In court, he has piled up four civil convictions to pay damages, two of them for transphobia.
Defeated with 59,826,041 votes on the 25th, the senator left the country on the 28th through Puerto Iguazú and landed in Miami, a day after Moraes canceled his passports. The PF says Daniel Vorcaro paid R$60 million of the R$131 million Flávio asked for the film Dark Horse, and traced US$12.33 million sent to a U.S. fund. Flávio denies everything and has not yet been indicted.
