Brazil · POLITICS

Key Facts

—Promise Lula promised to create a Public Security Ministry at a campaign rally in Bangu, Rio de Janeiro, on Saturday 22 August 2026.

—Condition The creation depends on approval of the public security constitutional amendment (PEC da Segurança Pública) by the Senate.

—Status The amendment has cleared the Chamber of Deputies but is stuck in the Senate, as reported by Folha de S.Paulo.