The vote on the proposed Constitutional Amendment (PEC) 32/15 that reduces the age of criminal responsibility was postponed again this Tuesday (9) in the Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ), of the Chamber of Deputies. The postponement occurred due to the beginning of the Agenda in the House plenary. Related news: CCJ again postpones analysis of PEC on reducing the age of criminal responsibility. The president of the collegiate, Leur Lomanto Júnior (União-BA), scheduled the discussion to resume for this Wednesday morning (10). The vote on the text was postponed, for the first time, due to a request for review.  The rapporteur of the proposal, deputy Coronel Assis (PL-MT), prepared an opinion in favor of changing the age of criminal responsibility, from 18 years old to 16 years old. However, the parliamentarian withdrew the amendment that provided that 16-year-olds could get married, enter into contracts, obtain a driver's license and vote compulsorily. Divergences The topic is not a consensus among the deputies who are members of the CCJ, the committee responsible for analyzing the admissibility of the proposal. Representative Érica Kokay (PT-DF), one of the leaders critical of the proposal, argues that the initiative violates the Constitution. According to her, the definition of the age of majority is a permanent clause (devices that cannot be changed or abolished by PEC) and that any change could only occur through a new Constituent Assembly. “We are here in violation of the Constitution itself, discussing a matter that clearly violates individual rights and guarantees guaranteed by our Constitution”, he warned, adding that serious crimes committed by young people represent less than 4% of violent crimes in the country. Representative Talíria Petrone (PSOL-RJ) also criticized the progress of the proposal. "We are in an election year and what does the extreme right do? They take a legitimate feeling of people's fear, of insecurity with urban violence, of insecurity with feminicide and say that by reducing the age of criminal responsibility families will be safe. They deal with these people's fear to present a false solution", he criticized. Representative Nikolas Ferreira (PL-MG), in favor of reducing the age of criminal responsibility, argues that adolescents who repeat crimes should be imprisoned. "The solution to recidivism is to leave him in prison. It's as simple as that, there's no recidivism," he said. Currently, young people over the age of 16 who commit serious infractions undergo socio-educational internment measures for a maximum of three years. Data from the National Council of Justice (CNJ) indicate that around 12 thousand adolescents are in detention units or deprived of liberty – less than 1% of the 28 million young people in this age group, according to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). During the session, deputy Renildo Calheiros (PCdoB-PE) regretted that the debate took place in a hybrid manner, which allows deputies to be able to vote remotely. For him, the proposal is controversial and needs to be better discussed. “It is regrettable that on a topic of this magnitude, an amendment to the Constitution, we are about to vote in the Constitution and Justice Commission, via Infoleg [remotely] without even female deputies being here, for us to carry out the debate that is necessary”, he criticized. If the PEC on reducing the age of criminal responsibility advances in the CCJ, a special commission will be created to continue with the discussion of the topic before going to the plenary.