US EditionThe Senate of Brazil Rejects as Unconstitutional the Amendment that Sought to Shield Deputies and Senators
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The Brazilian Senate closed on Wednesday the proposed amendment to the Constitution known as the PEC of Armoring, approved by the Chamber of Deputies last week, which would have extended the power of deputies and senators and protected them from possible proceedings in the Supreme Court, including also the presidents of political parties even if they did not occupy a seat.The archive, announced by the president of the upper chamber, Davi Alcolum…
The mobilization of organized civil society and the protests that swept across the country managed to bury the Shielding Proposal (PEC) in the Senate. Before the vote in the House, the Paraná Bar Association (OAB Paraná) positioned itself against it and submitted a legal opinion to the Federal Senate solidifying the institution's position against the resumption of privileges that immunize parliamentarians. Although parliamentarians felt the brun…
PEC of the Blindage "CCJ of the Senate rejected PEC of the Blindage by unanimity ap s press the opinion p blca" (Pol tica, 24/9). At which we end up a case of sensation. Fatima Regina Giloli (Guarulhos, SP) Read more (09/24/2025)
After the Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ) rejected, this Wednesday (24), the proposed amendment to the Constitution that requires prior authorization from the Chamber of Deputies or the Senate to initiate criminal proceedings against parliamentarians (PEC 3/2021), the president of the House, Davi Alcolumbre (União Brasil), decided to archive the text. The senators unanimously approved the opinion of Senator Alessandro Vieira (MDB-SE) ag…
The burial by unanimity of the PEC of the Blinking in the Constitutional and Justice Commission (CCJ) of the Federal Senate serves not only to prevent new forms of protection of the flagship in this country already marked by corruption, violence and impunity, but also to remind the Brazilian people that the popular pressure may have worked. No one set fire,... The post Underground of the PEC of Blinking shows that popular pressure works first on…
Brasilia, Sep 24 (Latin Press) The Constitutional Court of the Senate of Brazil today unanimously rejected the so-called Shield Amendment Proposal (PEC) that expands the protection of parliamentarians against judicial investigations. The post Rejects in the Senate of Brazil the so-called Shield First PEC appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.
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