The Committee on Constitution and Justice (CCJ) accepted, on Wednesday (14), the proposal for an amendment to the Constitution, made by senator Antonio Carlos Magalhães (PFL-BA), which creates the Fund for the Combat of Violence and Support to Crime Victims. Senator Demóstenes Torres (PFL-GO) was the bill’s rapporteur. The project, that was unanimously approved, with an abstention by senator Jefferson Péres (PDT-AM), is to be voted in the Plenary.

The proposal aims to create a fund for fighting violence and aiding crime victims and will take effect until 2020, in Executive Power’s sphere and ruled by a supplementary law. The proposal adds four articles to the Act of  Transitory Constitutional Provisions   and establishes the creation of  a Consulting Council in which representatives from civil society will take part.