Senate concludes vote on the Security PEC; see what the text looks like

The Senate approved this Tuesday (3) the proposed amendment to the Public Security Constitution (PEC).

The text inserts the Unified Public Security System, Susp, into the Federal Constitution and gives the Union more power to coordinate actions and establish national guidelines to combat organized crime.

According to the text, the Union, states and the Federal District will be able to create laws in the area of ​​public security, including intergovernmental task forces, the organization of police and municipal guards and the socio-educational system.

Another central point of the Public Security PEC is the fight against violent crimes and criminal factions.

Among the measures is mandatory imprisonment in a maximum security or special nature penal institution.

The progression of regime, the granting of provisional release, with or without bail, and temporary release are also prohibited or restricted.

The PEC also allows the expropriation of any and all assets, rights or economic values ​​involved in criminal activities. The rules apply to criminal, paramilitary and private militia organizations.

The proposal also allows:

creation of municipal police forces for overt and community policing; expansion of the work of the Federal Highway Police (PRF) to police waterways and railways, in addition to supporting other security forces, when requested by the governor; and the maintenance of the Federal Police and the PRF under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Union, as well as the rules for intelligence activities.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) had been saying that, with the approval of the PEC, he would recreate the Ministry of Public Security.