Governors Claudio Castro (Rio de Janeiro), Jorginho Mello (Santa Catarina), Ronaldo Caiado (Goiás) and vice-governor Celina Leão (Federal District), who oppose the Federal Executive, asked, this Wednesday (12), the president of the Chamber, Hugo Motta, for at least another month of discussions on the Anti-Faction Bill. 
At the in-person meeting, the president of the Chamber said, according to the governors in a press interview, that he would take the proposal to postpone the vote to the bench leaders.
The proposal that was born in the federal government, and which is being reported by deputy Guilherme Derrite (licensed public security secretary from São Paulo), was expected to be voted on today in the House Plenary.
The government, despite saying it is ready to discuss the matter in Congress, agrees with the request for more deadline for voting.
Sensitized
According to Cláudio Castro, the meeting with Hugo Motta did not discuss the merits of the text, but the need for more time for discussions, at least 30 days before being voted on. “President Hugo Motta was touched by our request and spoke with the rapporteur and also with the college (of leaders)”.
Still according to Castro, the longer period would be valid to hear the ideas of governors, security secretaries, public security operators and also senators, to speed up future processing
Governor Jorginho Mello argued that it would be necessary to call representatives of all powers to talk due to the concern about the issue. Vice-governor Celina Leão stated that the president of the Chamber actively listened to the demands of the state Executives and that the discussion needs more time, including to address issues of women’s safety.
“Each of the governors raised some point that we need to address. We have a great opportunity to bring modern legislation”, stated Celina Leão.
Ronaldo Caiado, from Goiás, argued that the most important social program for Brazil is the hard and strong fight against criminal organizations.
The governors estimate that the vote could be held for the period between December 10th and 15th so as not to “contaminate” the votes on the budget and also prevent it from being postponed until next year, which is the general election in the country.
Divergences
The project being discussed in the Chamber has been the subject of disagreements in recent days. In opinions that treat the matter as a “Legal Framework for Combating Organized Crime”, the rapporteur even considered the idea that Federal Police operations would need authorization from state governors. But this Wednesday Derrite backed down and said that PF powers will be maintained in the project.
Authorities from the federal government and the Federal Police drew attention to the fact that this measure would be unconstitutionall. Another fear would be that the factions would be equated with terrorism, which could pose a risk to the country’s sovereignty. Hugo Motta and Derrite ruled out this possibility of equating the crimes. This Wednesday, opposition governors also said they did not address this issue.
