The Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ) of the Chamber of Deputies resumes this Tuesday (9) the discussion on the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) that reduces the age of criminal responsibility from 18 to 16 years old. The text, authored by then deputy Gonzaga Patriota (PSB-PE), is the only item on the meeting's agenda. The president of the CCJ said that he will put the proposal to a vote, but that the final analysis of the project will depend on the discussion time. The idea is to vote on the PEC this week. Subsequently, the president of the Chamber, Hugo Motta (Republicanos-PB), will need to create a special commission to vote on the merits of the PEC. Only then will the text go to the plenary. The proposal amends article 228 of the Constitution to establish that majority is reached at sixteen years of age, the age from which a person is considered criminally liable. Now on g1 Currently, the same article says that minors under eighteen years of age are not responsible and subject to the rules of special legislation. To be approved, the PEC needs a simple majority in the commission. The plenary requires the support of at least 308 deputies. No changes in age for contesting elections In addition to reducing the age of criminal responsibility, the original text of the PEC made voting mandatory for those over 16 years of age and reduced the minimum age to run for elected office. The text allowed a citizen to be 16 years old to run for councilor. Today, the minimum is 18. PEC rapporteur who reduces the age of criminal responsibility reading report at the Chamber's CCJ Bruno Spada / Chamber of Deputies The minimum age to run for president and senator would increase from 35 to 30 years old and from 21 to 18 years old for federal and state deputies, mayors and councilors. However, the rapporteur, deputy Coronel Assis (PL-MT), removed these parts of the proposal and kept only the changes that deal with the age of criminal responsibility. According to the parliamentarian, the provisions dealt with matters of political rights, “foreign to criminal liability” and offended “the principle of unity of matter”.