Special PEC Commission on Majority will be installed in August, says Hugo

The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), said this Wednesday (8) that the special commission that will debate the PEC (proposed amendment to the Constitution) of the Criminal Majority will be installed in the second week of August.

The creation of the collegiate was announced last Monday (6). The proposal was approved by the CCJ (Constitution, Justice and Citizenship Commission) on June 10 and was awaiting Hugo's decision to be analyzed by a specific panel before going to the plenary. The text establishes the reduction of the age of majority to 16 years.

According to Hugo, the agenda "is a great appeal to the population". "The Chamber will debate it with balance, responsibility and listening to everyone", he said, in a post on social media.

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In the same post, the president of the Chamber announced the appointment of deputy Aluisio Mendes (Republicanos-MA) to preside over the committee and the choice of deputy Mendonça Filho (PL-PE) as rapporteur of the proposal.

The special committee on the PEC will be composed of 38 full deputies and an equal number of substitutes.

Reduction of the age of criminal responsibility
Current legislation determines that all citizens under the age of 18 are ineligible, that is, they cannot be held criminally responsible.

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The change in the age of majority is supported by the opposition, which has the issue as a campaign theme and a banner in favor of combating crime in the country. Historically, left-wing parties are against the change and argue that the age defined in the 1988 Constitution is an immutable clause.

As CNN Brasil showed, reducing or making the age of majority more flexible is a recurring theme in Congress and has been proposed at least 57 times in legislative matters since 1988. The lack of progress on the agenda, however, is justified by the lack of consensus.

This year, the reduction of the age of criminal responsibility was rescued during the process in the Chamber of the so-called Public Security PEC, but ended up being removed from the text approved by the deputies.

At the time, the condition for excluding the excerpt was the commitment to address the issue in a separate matter, which advanced in the CCJ and will now be the subject of a special commission.

Source: CNN