Overview
- The senator launched the plan Thursday in São Paulo, presenting 12 measures that include chemical castration for convicted rapists, lowering the age of criminal responsibility, and building five maximum‑security prisons modeled on El Salvador’s approach called Treva.
- Bolsonaro said he will seek to declare the PCC, Comando Vermelho and militias as narco‑terrorist organizations and to give security forces broad authority to target armed criminals.
- The proposals follow the U.S. designation of the PCC and Comando Vermelho earlier in June, a move Bolsonaro welcomed after meetings in Washington with President Trump.
- His campaign frames the package as a bid to win independent voters after recent funding revelations tied to jailed banker Daniel Vorcaro and polls showing him trailing President Lula.
- Experts say many measures would require constitutional or legal changes and could prompt human‑rights concerns, business risks and a political clash with Lula’s government that will test courts, Congress and international reaction.