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.
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.
Abestadão argues that the ethics councils of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate should be made up of citizens from civil society, with fixed terms and no party affiliation. As long as colleague judges colleague, ethics in Congress will keep getting shelved.
