The federal police issued a statement criticizing deputy guilherme derrite's changes to the anti-faction bill, stating they weaken the fight against organized crime. Chamber president hugo motta mediated talks to preserve pf's roles. The lula government views the alterations as an attack on the agency and seeks to delay the vote.
On monday, november 10, 2025, the federal police (pf) published a statement expressing concern over modifications introduced by rapporteur guilherme derrite (pp-sp) to the anti-faction bill submitted by the federal government. Derrite, são paulo's public security secretary under governor tarcísio de freitas (republicanos), was appointed rapporteur by chamber president hugo motta (republicanos-pb) on friday, november 7, in a setback for the lula (pt) government.
The pf statement emphasizes that the original text aims to toughen the fight against crime and strengthen institutions, but parliamentary alterations undermine public interest. 'Pelo relatório apresentado, o papel institucional histórico da polícia federal no combate ao crime — especialmente contra criminosos poderosos e organizações de grande alcance — poderá sofrer restrições significativas. A execução de operações pela polícia federal dependeria de solicitação do governo estadual da região investigada, o que constitui um risco real de enfraquecimento no combate ao crime organizado', the document states.
Shortly after the statement, motta announced he had mediated talks between derrite and pf director-general andrei rodrigues to preserve the agency's roles. Minister gleisi hoffmann criticized the changes on x, stating they 'vão proteger a bandidagem e as facções, subvertendo totalmente o projeto enviado pelo governo do presidente @lulaoficial'.
Derrite announced new changes to the text, such as expanding financial asphyxiation measures to all criminal organizations, creating national and state databases of members with ineligibility provisions, and including autonomous civil actions for asset forfeiture. However, he did not address the criticized points, like shifting competencies to states, which ministry of justice secretary marivaldo pereira says would give 'um enorme, um gigantesco presente para os líderes de facções' to faction leaders.
Pt leader lindbergh farias (rj) called the text an 'ataque à polícia federal' and deemed it non-negotiable. The government plans to expose inconsistencies to buy time, especially with cop30 emptying congress sessions. The bill responds to the security crisis after a rio de janeiro megaoperation that killed over 120 people, amid 2026 election battles.
