ABIN LEGISLATIVE AGENDA: ANALYSIS OF LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS ON STATE INTELLIGENCE AT THE BRAZILIAN CONGRESS FROM 1997 TO 2017

Abstract

This article identifies legislative issues regarding State Intelligence Activity (IA), presented at the Brazilian Congress from 1997 to 2017, since the reception by Congress of Presidential Message No. 1.053 of September 19, 1999 - which “establishes the Brazilian Intelligence System, creates the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin), and gives other provisions”, which began its proceedings in the House of Representatives as Bill No. 3.651/1997, until the end of the 2017 legislative session. The main results indicate that IA issues are hardly prioritized, due to the amount of issues in the Congress to be deliberated, which requires that the interested segments interact with the parliamentarians to put a specific issue on the Congress calendar, and especially to explain the importance of the theme for national sovereignty, since in the country there is still the lack of IA culture. The speed with which proposals are processed and their final outcome depend crucially on the influence of those who have an interest in the subject matter on the Parliament, which requires a specific strategy for each issue and an environment that encourages the political will of the Congress to defend certain timetables.