The Chamber of Deputies elected this week to consider a series of bills (PLs) on public security while the delay in the payment of parliamentary amendments prevented the analysis of the spending cut package announced by the government.
Among the projects approved this Tuesday (10), is the one that creates a new type of arrest in the act, called “proven flagrant”; which criminalizes baggage violations for drug trafficking; and which provides for the payment of pensions to victims of accidents caused by drunk drivers, among others.
Bill 373/15, authored by Deputy Delegate Éder Mauro (PL-PA), defines that a proven act occurs when the suspect is found, within 24 hours after the fact, and recognized by the victim or by a third party who identifies the perpetrator of the crime also through video and photos of the criminal action. The text now goes to the Senate for analysis.
The Chamber Plenary also approved Bill 2600/23, which criminalizes the crime of tampering with luggage for drug trafficking. The text equates the practice of violating luggage to be used in drug trafficking with the crime of drug trafficking, a practice carried out without the consent of the suitcase’s owner. The project is a response to the case of two Brazilian women who were imprisoned in Germany for a month after their bags were exchanged for ones containing drugs.
Baggage tampering also involves the tampering, falsification or exchange of luggage or labels, whether to traffic drugs, raw materials, inputs or chemical products intended for their preparation. The rule will apply to both air and road transport. The text must now be analyzed by the Senate.
Bill 3125/21 was also approved in the same session. It provides for the payment of pension to the victim of a traffic accident if the person responsible is drunk or under the influence of drugs. Furthermore, whoever caused the accident would have to pay in full for the material, moral and aesthetic damages to the victim. The text also applies to accidents on boats or jet ski. The text still needs to be analyzed in the Senate.
In another approved project, PL 6149/23, the creation of the National Registry for Monitoring Criminal Factions and Militias, authored by deputy Gervásio Maia (PSB-PB), is planned. Provided by the bodies of all federation units responsible for public security, the registry must serve as support for intelligence and investigation actions by the police. The text also goes to the Senate.
The Chamber Plenary also approved Bill 651/23. The text increases the penalty for various types of crimes committed during a state of emergency or public calamity, such as theft, robbery, embezzlement, which is the embezzlement of public money, among others. The project also provides for a new crime for anyone who abusively increases the price of products in calamity situations. The text now needs to be analyzed in the Senate.
Another bill approved this Tuesday, PL 2666/21, provides for the allocation of goods and equipment seized by the police, such as cell phones and computers, to the public education network. Now, the matter goes to the Senate.
Federal deputies will meet again this Wednesday (11) to analyze projects linked to public security. There are 15 texts on the topic on the plenary agenda.
