President of the Rio de Janeiro City Council, Carlo Caiado (PSD) stated on Monday (04/03) that parliament will analyze whether the municipal guard will be able to work armed. During an event attended by businesspeople from different sectors in Rio, he said that the project should be voted on in the first half of the year.
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Last year
Last year, Rio de Janeiro’s Court of Justice ruled that the article in the Municipal Organic Law that does not provide for the use of weapons was constitutional. Therefore, the change needs to be approved by parliament. If approved, the proposal allows the agent to use a firearm, train, and issue a weapon permit.
Old Proposal
The proposal is from former councilor Jones Moura and has 20 other co-authors such as Carlos Bolsonaro (Republicans) and governor Cláudio Castro (PL) — who signed the proposal when he was still a councilor. Since then, the project has been on the voting agenda 17 times, all of which were postponed at the request of parliamentarians. To be approved, the support of 34 of the 51 councilors is required in two sessions.
Inclusion on the agenda
The project has already been included in the Rio de Janeiro City Council and may receive amendments. If this occurs, it will be analyzed once again by internal committees. A change already proposed by Wellington Dias (PDT) is that the use of a weapon is not mandatory for the guard.
Analysis:
This debate, a recurring issue in the area of public security, gains prominence amid this year’s municipal elections, with Carlo Caiado seeking to consolidate his position as a candidate for vice-mayor on the ticket led by Eduardo Paes (PSD). The president of the City Council, when launching his candidacy, argues that his presence on the ticket would be better accepted by center-right voters, compared to other names considered to make up the mayor’s team.
In addition to the political debate, another relevant aspect in this context is the role of municipal guards, especially the use of firearms. The approach to the use of these weapons by municipal guards has stood out as a sensitive point in public security policies. Issues related to the training, regulation, and supervision of these professionals are crucial to ensuring that the use of firearms is carried out responsibly and effectively.
Source: O Globo.
